Owl dong
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Owl swallow ( Podargus strigoides ) |
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| Bonaparte , 1838 |
The owl swallow (Podargidae) are a family in the order of the swallow-like (Caprimulgiformes). The family includes three genera and fifteen species.
The distribution area of the nocturnal great owl swallow extends from India through Southeast Asia to Australia and New Guinea . They inhabit forests, open wooded areas or even bushland. During the day they rest well camouflaged in the trees. There is no pronounced gender dimorphism between the sexes . Owl doves have short, rounded wings and are therefore not agile fliers. They have large, very broad beaks and a large mouth. The beaks are bent down like a hook at the top. Their brown, black, and yellow patterned plumage provides good camouflage. In the event of danger or alarm, they freeze in a characteristic posture. From their seat, they stretch their head and front body diagonally upwards so that they cannot be distinguished from a broken branch. They usually lurk individually or in pairs in the trees for their prey and jump or fly at them. They feed on insects , spiders , other invertebrates and small reptiles and mammals . Fruits are also on their menu.
Genera and species
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Owl dong ( Podargus )
- Owl swallow ( Podargus strigoides )
- Marble Swallow ( Podargus ocellatus )
- Papuan hale ( Podargus papuensis )
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Frog mouths ( Batrachostomus )
- Bornean Frogmouth ( Batrachostomus mixtus )
- Ceylon frogmouth ( Batrachostomus moniliger )
- Gray-headed frog's mouth ( Batrachostomus poliolophus )
- Hartertfroschmaul ( Batrachostomus harterti )
- Long-tailed frog mouth ( Batrachostomus hodgsoni )
- Malay frog mouth ( Batrachostomus affinis )
- Philippines frogmouth ( Batrachostomus septimus )
- Giant Frogmouth ( Batrachostomus auritus )
- Scaled Frogmouth ( Batrachostomus stellatus )
- Sunda frog mouth ( Batrachostomus cornutus )
- Spotted frog mouth ( Batrachostomus javensis )
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Rigidipenna
- Solomon hawk ( Rigidipenna inexpectata )
literature
- Joseph Michael Forshaw (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Birds , 1999, ISBN 3-8289-1557-4
