Papuan frogmouth

Weight

341 g – 414 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

woodlandsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

1src 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

The papuan frogmouth is listed for 1 country.

The same countries as a list

1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

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

The papuan 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. What the categories mean.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderCaprimulgiformes
5. familyPodargidae
6. genusPodargus
7. SpeciesPodargus papuensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

Synonyms Podargus papuensis baileyi, Podargus papuensis conigravi, Podargus papuensis papuensis, Podargus papuensis pumilus, Podargus papuensis rogersi

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Tawny frogmouth

Podargus strigoides

Podargidae

LC, Least Concern

Marbled frogmouth

Podargus ocellatus

Podargidae

ComparePapuan frogmouth vs Tawny frogmouthPapuan frogmouth vs Marbled frogmouth

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@misc{papuan_frogmouth_2026,
  title = {Papuan frogmouth (Podargus papuensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/papuan-frogmouth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}