Podargus
Sign in to savePodargus is a small genus of birds in the frogmouth family, Podargidae. All members of this genus are found in Australia, with some species being found in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Solomon Islands, as well. It contains these species to date: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !!Distribution |- |120px||Podargus ocellatus ||Marbled frogmouth || Aru Islands, New Guinea and Queensland |- |120px||Podargus papuensis ||Papuan frogmouth ||Aru Islands, New Guinea, and Cape York Peninsula. |- |120px||Podargus strigoides ||Tawny frogmouth || Mainland Australia (
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCaprimulgiformes
- FamilyPodargidae
via GBIF · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Podargidae
- Image
- Tawny frogmouth wholebody444.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- P105
- genus
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
1 sectionsContents
- References
Podargus is a small genus of birds in the frogmouth family, Podargidae. All members of this genus are found in Australia, with some species being found in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Solomon Islands, as well. It contains these species to date: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !!Distribution |- |120px||Podargus ocellatus ||Marbled frogmouth || Aru Islands, New Guinea and Queensland |- |120px||Podargus papuensis ||Papuan frogmouth ||Aru Islands, New Guinea, and Cape York Peninsula. |- |120px||Podargus strigoides ||Tawny frogmouth || Mainland Australia (except far Western Queensland, the central Northern Territory, and most of the Nullarbor Plain) and Tasmania |- |}
==References==