Blyths Frogmouth
[order] CAPRIMULGIFORMES | [family] Podargidae | [latin] Batrachostomus affinis | [UK] Blyths Frogmouth | [FR] Podarge de Blyth | [DE] Blyth-Froschmaul | [ES] Podargo de Blyth | [NL] Blyths Kikkerbek
Subspecies
| Genus | Species | subspecies | Breeding Range | Breeding Range 2 | Non Breeding Range |
| Batrachostomus | affinis | OR | N Thailand, s Burma, c Vietnam to se peninsular Thailand to Sumatra, Borneo | ||
| Batrachostomus | affinis | affinis | s Thailand, s Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo | ||
| Batrachostomus | affinis | continentalis | se Burma to Thailand, s Laos and c Vietnam |
Physical charateristics
Male brown above, heavily speckled with white and black spots. Eyebrow whitish and whitish collar across uppermantle. Below cinnamon, brown and white spotted with belly and flanks finely barred brownish or almost entirely whitish.
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| size min.: | 19 | cm | size max.: | 25 | cm |
| incubation min.: | 0 | days | incubation max.: | 0 | days |
| fledging min.: | 0 | days | fledging max.: | 0 | days |
| broods: | 1 | eggs min.: | 1 | ||
| eggs max.: | 3 |
Range
Oriental Region : North Thailand, South Burma, Central Vietnam to peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
Habitat
Subtropical/tropical lowland moist forest and mangroves, lowland moist shrubland.
Reproduction
Few data, builds a small cup from its own down, placed on a branch. Clutch size 1-2 eggs. Male incubates during the day, female during the dark hours.
Feeding habits
It feeds on insects which are taken by fluttering along branches and ground.
Conservation
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats
Migration
Probably sedentary
Distribution map
