Species profile
Horsfield's Frogmouth
Batrachostomus javensis
Quick answer
lowlands of western and central Java
- Scientific name
- Batrachostomus javensis
- Family
- Podargidae
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Genus
- Batrachostomus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Horsfield's Frogmouth in your journal
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Related species in Podargidae
- Blyth's Frogmouth (Batrachostomus affinis)
- Bornean Frogmouth (Batrachostomus mixtus)
- Dulit Frogmouth (Batrachostomus harterti)
- Gould's Frogmouth (Batrachostomus stellatus)
- Hodgson's Frogmouth (Batrachostomus hodgsoni)
- Large Frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus)
- Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus)
- Masillapodargus longipes (Masillapodargus longipes)