Gould's frogmouth

Gould's frogmouth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Podargiformes
Family: Podargidae
Genus: Batrachostomus
Species:
B. stellatus
Binomial name
Batrachostomus stellatus
(Gould, 1837)

Gould's frogmouth (Batrachostomus stellatus) is a nocturnal species of bird in the order Caprimulgiformes and the family Podargidae. It is one of the 12 species in the Batrachostomus genus.[2] Its common name commemorates the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould (1804-1881).[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Batrachostomus stellatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22689600A110804132. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22689600A110804132.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Avibase (n.d.). "Podarge étoilé".
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 145–146.

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