How big is a Marbled Frogmouth?

The Marbled Frogmouth is a medium sized bird weighing about 175 g.

Where can you see a Marbled Frogmouth?

The Marbled Frogmouth occurs in 3 countries, including Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

What birds look similar to a Marbled Frogmouth?

The Marbled Frogmouth is most easily confused with the Papuan Frogmouth and the Tawny Frogmouth.

Is the Marbled Frogmouth endangered?

The Marbled Frogmouth is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Marbled Frogmouth

Podargus ocellatus

Frogmouths · Podargiformes · Rare

The Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) is a rare frogmouth found in 3 countries, weighing about 175 g. The marbled frogmouth is a bird in the family Podargidae.

Least ConcernRareEats invertebratesforestplatform nest175 g

Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus), photo 1 — Photo: Sandra Keller · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus), photo 2 — Photo: Alan Bell · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus), photo 3 — Photo: Daderot · CC0

Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus), photo 4 — Photo: Broinowski, Gracius J. · Public domain

Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus), photo 5 — Photo: Broinowski, Gracius J. · Public domain

Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus), photo 6 — Photo: J. Tastu · Public domain

Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus), photo 7 — Photo: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) · CC BY 3.0

Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus), photo 8 — Photo: Joshua Bergmark (Ornis Birding Expeditions) · CC BY 4.0

Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Bryce Watts-Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Marbled Frogmouth

The marbled frogmouth is a bird in the family Podargidae. The species was first described by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1830. It is found in the Aru Islands, New Guinea and Queensland. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it lives

Australia Indonesia Papua New Guinea

When to see it

Best months: January, February, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in July. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Marbled Frogmouth look like?: The marbled frogmouth is a bird in the family Podargidae.
How big is a Marbled Frogmouth?: The Marbled Frogmouth is a medium sized bird weighing about 175 g.
Where can you see a Marbled Frogmouth?: The Marbled Frogmouth occurs in 3 countries, including Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
What birds look similar to a Marbled Frogmouth?: The Marbled Frogmouth is most easily confused with the Papuan Frogmouth and the Tawny Frogmouth.
Is the Marbled Frogmouth endangered?: The Marbled Frogmouth is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Learn the Marbled Frogmouth for real

BeakBrain drills you on photos and calls until you can greet this bird by name in the field. Free to play, on any device.

Play BeakBrain

Every photo and recording on this page is credited to its author under the licence shown. Spotted a problem with this page, or have a better photo? Contribute.