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Location: Hala-Bala, Thailand

Alternative name: Horsfield's Frogmouth

Batrachostomus javensis

Includes Blyth's Frogmouth, Palawan Frogmouth

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Thailand.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are four subspecies:

• B. j. affinis
• B. j. continentalis
• B. j. javensis
• B. j. chaseni

B. j. affinis and B. j. continentalis are considered a separate species, (Blyth's Frogmouth B. affinis) by Sibley & Monroe (1993, 1996) and BirdLife (2008). Additionally, Batrachostomus chaseni (Palawan Frogmouth) has also been proposed as another full species. If the split of those two species were to be widely accepted, the remaining Javan Frogmouth would be limited in range to Java.

[edit] Habitat

Forest.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Birdforum thread discussing taxonomy of Nightjars and Frogmouths -- in posts 31-33 specifically about the range of Javan Frogmouth.

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