Unsorted Wild Birds

Marbled Frogmouth

The Marbled Frogmouths (Podargus ocellatus) is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands.

It lives in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and montanes.

They have large, horny, triangular, sharply hooked bills.

In 2007, Podargus ocellatus inexpectatus, a subspecies endemic to four islands in the Solomon Islands, was split into its own genus, Rigidipenna (Cinnamon Frogmouths).

Diet / Feeding:

Frogmouths have enormous wide frog-like mouths (hence their name), which they use to capture nocturnal insects with. They also eat worms, slugs and snails; as well as small mammals, reptiles, frogs and small birds.

 
 
 
 
 

Gordon Ramel

Gordon is an ecologist with two degrees from Exeter University. He's also a teacher, a poet and the owner of 1,152 books. Oh - and he wrote this website.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Check Also
Close
Back to top button