Species profile
Papuan Frogmouth
Podargus papuensis
Quick answer
New Guinea, Aru, w Papuan is., and ne Australia (south to Townsville)
- Scientific name
- Podargus papuensis
- Family
- Podargidae
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Genus
- Podargus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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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)
- Horsfield's Frogmouth (Batrachostomus javensis)
- Large Frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus)
- Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus)