Sunda 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. cornutus
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Binomial name | |
Batrachostomus cornutus (Temminck, 1822)
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The Sunda frogmouth (Batrachostomus cornutus) is a medium-sized, old world species of bird within the order Podargiformes. It is also uncommonly referred to as the long-tailed frogmouth or the horned frogmouth.[2] The term "Sunda" is based on the geographical range of the species to regions around the Sunda islands.[3] The genus name, Batrachostomus, is a Greek translation to ‘frogmouth’, which comes from the wide shape of the bill and slight gape.[4] The species name cornutus is a Latin word translated to "having horns", referring to the tufts of feathers on the head.[5]