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Marbled frogmouth

Podargus ocellatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

LCLeast Concernbirds

The marbled frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) is a species in the family Podargidae, order Caprimulgiformes. Recorded adults weigh 169 g to 262 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Marbled frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus)
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Quick facts about the marbled frogmouth

Weight
169 g – 262 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
30 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1 – 1.25src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the marbled frogmouth live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The marbled frogmouth is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the marbled frogmouth?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The marbled frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) is a bird in the family Podargidae. The species was first described by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1830. It is found in the Aru Islands, New Guinea and Queensland. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Marbled frogmouth” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marbled_frogmouth&oldid=1314929224), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the marbled frogmouth endangered?

The marbled frogmouth is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the marbled frogmouth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCaprimulgiformes
  5. familyPodargidae
  6. genusPodargus
  7. SpeciesPodargus ocellatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • فم الضفدع الرخاميArabic
  • podarg ocel·latCatalan
  • lelkoun mramorovanýCzech
  • troellwr llydanbig manfrechWelsh
  • Hvidbrynet FrømundDanish
  • MarmorschwalmGerman
  • ocela podargoEsperanto
  • Podargo oceladoSpanish
  • mets-konnkurkEstonian
  • marmoripöllökehrääjäFinnish
  • Podarge ocelléFrench
  • smeđa žaboustaCroatian
  • márványos bagolyfecskeHungarian
  • Paruh-kodok pualamIndonesian
  • Bocca di rana marmorizzatoItalian
  • チャイロガマグチヨタカJapanese
  • marmurinis pelėdinis lėlysLithuanian
  • Gemarmerde UilnachtzwaluwDutch
  • marmorfroskemunnNorwegian
  • paszczak marmurkowyPolish
  • boca-de-sapo-oceladoPortuguese
  • boca-de-sapo-marmoreadoPortuguese
  • Мраморный белоногRussian
  • Мраморный лягушкоротRussian
  • krátkonoh dlhochvostýSlovak
  • krátkonôžka dlhochvostáSlovak
  • Mramorasta žaboustaSerbian
  • marmorgrodmunSwedish
  • นกปากกบมาร์เบิลThai
  • Yazılı KocaağızTurkish
  • білоніг новогвінейськийUkrainian
  • 雲斑蟆口鴟Chinese
  • 云斑蛙口夜鹰Chinese

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Relatives of the marbled frogmouth

Other species in the same genus Podargus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the marbled frogmouth?

An adult marbled frogmouth weighs 169 g – 262 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the marbled frogmouth live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the marbled frogmouth for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the marbled frogmouth endangered?

The marbled frogmouth is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the marbled frogmouth?

The marbled frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) belongs to the family Podargidae in the order Caprimulgiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{marbled_frogmouth_2026,
  title = {Marbled frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/marbled-frogmouth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}