Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

ForestPlatform nestMedium · 175 g

Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus), photo 2 — Photo: Alan Bell · CC BY 4.0

Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus), photo 7 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Bryce Watts-Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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

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

When to see the Marbled Frogmouth

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Marbled Frogmouth

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia Indonesia Papua New Guinea

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.

Easily confused with

Papuan FrogmouthPodargus papuensisThe Papuan frogmouth is the largest of frogmouths in terms of length.

Tawny FrogmouthPodargus strigoidesTawny frogmouths are large, big-headed birds that can measure from 34 to 53 cm (13 to 21 in) long.

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