The Bornean frogmouth (Batrachostomus mixtus) is bird species in the family Podargidae. Some[who?] taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the short-tailed frogmouth, but others[who?] consider it to be a distinct species. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia and is endemic to the island of Borneo.[3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Bornean frogmouth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Podargiformes |
Family: | Podargidae |
Genus: | Batrachostomus |
Species: | B. mixtus
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Binomial name | |
Batrachostomus mixtus | |
Synonyms | |
Batrachostomus poliolophus mixtus |
The species was discovered by Charles Hose on Mount Dulit in Sarawak, Borneo, and described by Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1892 for the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club.[2]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2023). "Batrachostomus mixtus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T22689613A220964885. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T22689613A220964885.en.
- ^ a b Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1892). "New Bornean birds". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 1 (2): iv–v.
- ^ Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
External links
edit- del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N.; Kirwan, G. M.; Garcia, E. F. J. (2017). "Bornean Frogmouth (Batrachostomus mixtus)". In del Hojo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 3 September 2017.