Batrachostomus

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Batrachostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Podargidae
Genus: Batrachostomus
Gould, 1838
Species
  • Large Frogmouth, Batrachostomus auritus
  • Dulit Frogmouth, Batrachostomus harterti
  • Philippine Frogmouth, Batrachostomus septimus
  • Gould's Frogmouth, Batrachostomus stellatus
  • Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Batrachostomus moniliger
  • Hodgson's Frogmouth, Batrachostomus hodgsoni
  • Short-tailed Frogmouth, Batrachostomus poliolophus
  • Javan Frogmouth, Batrachostomus javensis
  • Sunda Frogmouth, Batrachostomus cornutus

Batrachostomus is a genus of Frogmouths. The generic name is a direct translation from the Greek for "frogmouth"; batracho-/βατραχο- "frog" and stoma-/στομα "mouth".[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Liddell & Scott (1980). Greek-English Lexicon, Abridged Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-910207-4. 
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