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Papuan Frogmouth

(Podargus papuensis)
Alternate name(s): "Large Frogmouth", "Plumed Frogmouth*"
Size: 50-60 cm
Weight: 290-570 g; 415 g (male average), 315 g (female average)

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Papuan Frogmouth at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "rogersi"

ADULT

MALE

Frontal view of a male Papuan Frogmouth (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cape Melville, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Frontal portrait of a male Papuan Frogmouth (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cape Melville, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Near-frontal view of a male Papuan Frogmouth with its head turned sideways (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Punsand Bay, Cape York peninsula, QLD, October 2008]

Near-lateral portrait of a male Papuan Frogmouth (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cape Melville, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Lateral portrait of a male Papuan Frogmouth (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cape Melville, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Lateral view of a male Papuan Frogmouth (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cape Melville, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Lateral view of a male Papuan Frogmouth (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cape Melville, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Lateral view of a male Papuan Frogmouth (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Punsand Bay, Cape York peninsula, QLD, October 2008]

Near-dorsal view of a male Papuan Frogmouth (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cape Melville, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Race "baileyi"

ADULT

MALE

Near-frontal view of a pair of Papuan Frogmouths, male on the left; note how the male is silvery-grey, while the female has rufous hues (photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Daintree River, QLD, April 2019]

FEMALE

Frontal portrait of a female Papuan Frogmouth; note the rufous morphology
(photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Lake Barrine, Atherton Tablelands, QLD, June 2019]

Frontal view of a female Papuan Frogmouth (photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Lake Barrine, Atherton Tablelands, QLD, June 2019]

Near-frontal view of a female Papuan Frogmouth (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Daintree River, QLD, July 2018]

PAIR

(Near-)frontal view of a pair of Papuan Frogmouths; male on the left (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2018]

Lateral view of a pair of Papuan Frogmouths; female in front - note the paucity of spots on the wings
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Daintree River, QLD, July 2018]

Breeding information

Breeding season: Aug - Jan Eggs: 1 - 2 Incubation period: ca. 30? days Fledging age: 35 - 42? days

Nest building: ? Incubation: Male & female Dependent care: Male & female

Nest

"bungobittah", "lar", "malunna", "jindi" [bundjalung] = nest [Aboriginal]

Type: Basket Material: Sticks Height above ground: Wide range

Male Papuan Frogmouth on its nest with a chick (photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Daintree River, QLD, November 2022]

Male Papuan Frogmouth on its nest with a chick (photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Daintree River, QLD, November 2022]

Female Papuan Frogmouth on its nest with a chick (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Daintree River, QLD, December 2018]

Eggs

"boyanga", "booyanga", "derinya", "dirandil", "koomura", "mirk", "ngampu", "nooluk", "pateena", "pum-pum" = Egg; "dirundirri" = eggs [Aboriginal]; "gawu" = eggs [gamilaraay]

Size: 50 x 34 mm Colour: White Shape: Tapered oval

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