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Tawny frogmouth

Podargus strigoides (Latham, 1801)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) is a species in the family Podargidae, order Caprimulgiformes. Recorded adults weigh 298 g to 349 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the tawny frogmouth

Weight
298 g – 349 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1.7 – 1.89src 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

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Where does the tawny 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 tawny 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

Why a country list is not a range map

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

What is the tawny frogmouth?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) is a species of frogmouth native to the Australian mainland and Tasmania and found throughout. It is a big-headed, stocky bird often mistaken for an owl due to its nocturnal habits and similar colouring.

From the Wikipedia article “Tawny frogmouth” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tawny_frogmouth&oldid=1384619646), 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 tawny frogmouth endangered?

The tawny 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.

How is the tawny frogmouth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCaprimulgiformes
  5. familyPodargidae
  6. genusPodargus
  7. SpeciesPodargus strigoides (Latham, 1801)

Synonyms Caprimulgus podargus, Caprimulgus strigoides, Podargus cinereus

Other names and names in other languages (44)
  • GeelbruinpaddabekAfrikaans
  • فم الضفدع الأصحرArabic
  • podarg australiàCatalan
  • Enganyapastors australiàCatalan
  • lelkoun sovíCzech
  • troellwr llydanbig AwstraliaWelsh
  • Australsk FrømundDanish
  • EulenschwalmGerman
  • Καστανόξανθος ΠόδαργοςGreek
  • strigeca podargoEsperanto
  • Podargo australianoSpanish
  • austraalia konnkurkEstonian
  • دهانقورباغهای برنزهPersian
  • australianpöllökehrääjäFinnish
  • Podarge grisFrench
  • siva žaboustaCroatian
  • Podargus strigoidesCroatian
  • bagolyfecskeHungarian
  • PodargoItalian
  • Bocca di rana grigioItalian
  • Podargo strigoideItalian
  • オーストラリアガマグチヨタカJapanese
  • jinijinukgs
  • 모폭Korean
  • 갈색넓은부리쏙독새Korean
  • rudasis pelėdinis lėlysLithuanian
  • UilnachtzwaluwDutch
  • uglefroskemunnNorwegian
  • paszczak australijskiPolish
  • boca-de-sapo-australianoPortuguese
  • Дымчатый лягушкоротRussian
  • Исполинский белоногRussian
  • Исполинский лягушкоротRussian
  • krátkonoh sovíSlovak
  • krátkonôžka soviaSlovak
  • Smeđa žaboustaSerbian
  • australisk grodmunSwedish
  • นกปากกบทอว์นนีThai
  • Avustralya KocaağzıTurkish
  • білоніг австралійськийUkrainian
  • Cú muỗi mỏ quặp hungVietnamese
  • binitxdk
  • 茶色蟆口鴟Chinese
  • 茶色蛙口夜鹰Chinese

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Relatives of the tawny 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 tawny frogmouth?

An adult tawny frogmouth weighs 298 g – 349 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the tawny frogmouth live?

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

Is the tawny frogmouth endangered?

The tawny 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 tawny frogmouth?

The tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) belongs to the family Podargidae in the order Caprimulgiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{tawny_frogmouth_2026,
  title = {Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tawny-frogmouth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}