Batrachostomus is a genus of frogmouths. They are found in South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus Batrachostomus was introduced in 1838 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate a single species, Podargus auritus Gray, JE, the large frogmouth, which is therefore the type species. The generic name is a direct translation from the Ancient Greek for 'frogmouth'; / 'frog' and / 'mouth'.
The genus contains 12 species:
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! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution
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| 125px || Batrachosomus auritus ||Large frogmouth|| Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
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| 125px || Batrachosomus harterti ||Dulit frogmouth|| Borneo montane rain forests
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| 125px || Batrachosomus septimus ||Philippine frogmouth|| Philippines
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| 125px || Batrachosomus stellatus ||Gould's frogmouth|| Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
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| 125px || Batrachosomus moliliger ||Sri Lanka frogmouth|| southwest India and Sri Lanka
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| 125px || Batrachosomus hodgsoni ||Hodgson's frogmouth|| montane northeast India and Indochina
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| - || Batrachosomus poliolophus ||Sumatran frogmouth|| Sumatra
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| - || Batrachosomus mixtus ||Bornean frogmouth|| Borneo
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| - || Batrachosomus javensis ||Javan frogmouth|| Java
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| 125px || Batrachosomus affinis ||Blyth's frogmouth|| Southeast Asia
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| - || Batrachosomus chaseni ||Palawan frogmouth|| Palawan
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| - || Batrachosomus cornutus ||Sunda frogmouth|| Sumatra and Borneo
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