frogmouth

English

a tawny frogmouth
(Podargus strigoides)

a drawing of a frogmouth
(Batrachostomus auritus

Etymology

frog +‎ mouth, from its mouth shape.

Noun

frogmouth (plural frogmouths)

1. Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous birds, of the family Podargidae, native to Australia and southern Asia

Derived terms

• Sumatran frogmouth
• tawny frogmouth
• frogmouth catfish (Chaca spp.)
• tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
• marbled frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus)
• Papuan frogmouth (Podargus papuensis)
• 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)
• Blyth's frogmouth (Batrachostomus affinis)
• Sunda frogmouth (Batrachostomus cornutus)
• Solomons frogmouth (Rigidipenna inexpectata)

Translations

bird of the family Podargidae

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蟆口鴟／蟆口鸱

• Dutch: uilnachtzwaluw (nl)
• Esperanto: podargo, ranbuŝulo, podargedo
• Finnish: pöllökehrääjä
• French: podarge (fr) m
• German: Eulenschwalme
• Hungarian: bagolyfecske
• Japanese: ガマグチヨタカ (gamaguchiyotaka)
• Polish: paszczak (pl) m
• Spanish: podárgido, podargo

References

• frogmouth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Podargidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Podargidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons