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Marbled Frogmouth
Podargus ocellatusQuoy & Gaimard, 1830
Least ConcernNative
- Order
- PODARGIFORMES
- Family
- Podargidae
- Genus
- Podargus
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
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.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- New Guinea and satellites and east and north-east Australia
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
4 photos
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