Marbled Frogmouth | |
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In Redwood, Queensland, Australia | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
Family: | Podargidae |
Genus: | Podargus |
Species: | P. ocellatus |
Binomial name | |
Podargus ocellatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 |
The Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) is a species of bird in the Podargidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
Podargus ocellatus inexpectatus, a subspecies endemic to four islands in the Solomon Islands, was split into its own genus, Rigidipenna, in 2007.[1]