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PODARGIDAE - Frogmouths1 (3:13)
RIGIDIPENNA Cleere et al., 2007 F - Podargus inexpectatus E. Hartert, 1901; type by original designation and monotypy  
Rigidipenna inexpectata 2  (E. Hartert, 1901) Solomon Island Frogmouth
vBougainville, Choiseul, Santa Isabel (N and C Solomons)
PODARGUS Vieillot, 1818 M - Podargus cinereus Vieillot, 1818; type by monotypy = Caprimulgus strigoides Latham, 1801  
Podargus ocellatus Marbled Frogmouth
ocellatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 vWestern Papuan Is. (Waigeo, Salawati, Misool), all lowland New Guinea, Mios Num I., Yapen I. (in Cenderawasih Bay), Aru Is.
intermedius E. Hartert, 1895 vTrobriand Is., D'Entrecasteaux Arch. (Goodenough I., Fergusson I., Normanby I.)
meeki E. Hartert, 1898 iTagula (Louisiade Arch.)
marmoratus Gould, 1855 vNE Australia (Cape York Pen.)
plumiferus Gould, 18463 vEC Australia (SE Queensland, NE New South Wales)
Podargus papuensis4 Papuan Frogmouth
papuensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 vWestern Papuan Is. (Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool), lowland and montane New Guinea, islands in Cenderawasih Bay (Numfoor I., Biak I., Yapen I.), Aru Is.
rogersi Mathews, 19125 iNE Australia (Cape York Pen.)
baileyi Mathews, 1912 iHumid NE Queensland
Podargus strigoides6 Tawny Frogmouth
strigoides (Latham, 1801)7 αiE Australia (north to foot of Cape York Pen. and west to E Murray-Darling and E Lake Eyre basins), Tasmania
brachypterus Gould, 18418 vW and C Australia (north to 18 degrees S and east to W Lake Eyre and Murray-Darling basins)
phalaenoides Gould, 18409 iN Australia (Kimberley Division to Cape York Pen.)
BATRACHOSTOMUS Gould, 1838 M - Podargus auritus J.E. Gray, 1829; type by monotypy  
Batrachostomus auritus 10  (J.E. Gray, 1829) Large Frogmouth
vC and S Thai-Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo
Batrachostomus harterti   Sharpe, 1892 Dulit Frogmouth
iBorneo
Batrachostomus septimus Philippine Frogmouth
microrhynchus Ogilvie-Grant, 1895 vLuzon, Catanduanes (N Philippines)
menagei Bourns & Worcester, 1894 iPanay, Negros (WC Philippines)
septimus Tweeddale, 1877 vSamar, Leyte, Bohol, Mindanao, Basilan (EC and S Philippines)
Batrachostomus stellatus   (Gould, 1837) Gould's Frogmouth
vThai-Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo
Batrachostomus moniliger 11  Blyth, 1849 Sri Lanka Frogmouthα
iSW India, Sri Lanka
Batrachostomus hodgsoni Hodgson's Frogmouth
hodgsoni (G.R. Gray, 1859)12 iFoothills of E Himalayas (west to Sikkim), NE India, E Bangladesh, W and N Myanmar
indochinae Stresemann, 193713 iS Yunnan, E Myanmar, NW Thailand, Laos, C Vietnam
Batrachostomus poliolophus Short-tailed Frogmouth
poliolophus E. Hartert, 1892 vMountains of Sumatra
mixtus Sharpe, 189214 vMountains of Borneo
Batrachostomus javensis15 Horsfield's Frogmouth
continentalis Stresemann, 1937 vC and S continental SE Asia, N Thai-Malay Pen.
affinis Blyth, 1847 vC and S Thai-Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo
javensis (Horsfield, 1821) vW Java
chaseni Stresemann, 193716,17 iSW Philippines (Calamian Group, Palawan), Banggi I. (off N Borneo)
Batrachostomus cornutus Sundan Frogmouth
cornutus (Temminck, 1822)18 vSumatra and SE satellites (Bangka I., Belitung I.), Borneo
longicaudatus Hoogerwerf, 1962 vKangean Is. (Java Sea) [Hoogerwerf, 1962 #2000]
1 Sequence of genera and species derived from Barrowclough et al. (2006) [Barrowclough, 2006 #9507] and Han et al. (2010) [Han, 2010 #12019].
2 For treatment as a species in its own genus rather than as a subspecies of Podargus ocellatus, see Cleere et al. (2007) [Cleere, 2007 #998].
3 For recognition see Schodde & Mason (1980) [Schodde, 1980 #3509].
4 Subspecies recognition follows Schodde & Mason (1980) [Schodde, 1980 #3509] and Schodde in Schodde & Mason (1997) [Schodde, 1997 #3523]. But see also Holyoak (2001) [Holyoak, 2001 #1992].
5 For recognition of this and baileyi see Schodde in Schodde & Mason (1997) [Schodde, 1997 #3523].
6 Subspecies recognition follows Ford (1986) [Ford, 1986 #1582] and Schodde & Mason (1997) [Schodde, 1997 #3523].
7 Includes victoriae, cornwalli and cuvieri; see Schodde in Schodde & Mason (1997) [Schodde, 1997 #3523].
8 See Dickinson et al. (2009) [Dickinson, 2009 #12163] and Schodde (2009) [Schodde, 2009 #13596] for opposing views on whether two names constitute two spellings in the sense of Art. 24.2.2 of the Code (I.C.Z.N., 1999) [I.C.Z.N., 1999 #2059] and whether Art. 32.5.1.1 applies. See our Appendix 2.5.
9 Includes gouldi and, later, lilae Deignan, 1951 [Deignan, 1951 #1217]; see Schodde in Schodde & Mason (1997) [Schodde, 1997 #3523]. But see Higgins (1999) [Higgins, 1999 #1962], Holyoak (2001) [Holyoak, 2001 #1992] and Cleere (2010) [Cleere, 2010 #14055].
10 We consider Gray used a MS name from Vigors. For an alternative view see Bruce (2003) [Bruce, 2003 #552].
11 Name roonwali Dutta, 2009 [Dutta, 2009 #12490] proposed for the SW Indian population; see Appendix 2.2.
12 Includes rupchandi Koelz, 1954 [Koelz, 1954 #2250]; see Ripley (1982) [Ripley, 1982 #3332].
13 Not recognised by Holyoak (2001) [Holyoak, 2001 #1992].
14 May merit recognition as a separate species (Peters 1940) [Peters, 1940 #3010], and was so treated by Marshall (1978) [Marshall, 1978 #2501].
15 For comments on why affinis was at times treated as a separate species see Marshall (1978) [Marshall, 1978 #2501]; but see also Wells (1999) [Wells, 1999 #4118].
16 Sometimes submerged in nominate javensis e.g. by Holyoak (2001) [Holyoak, 2001 #1992], but Marshall (1978) [Marshall, 1978 #2501], thought birds of this population matched affinis.
17 Includes Batrachostomus pygmaeus Alviola, 1997 [Alviola, 1997 #69]; see Holyoak (1999) [Holyoak, 1999 #1991].
18 For conservation of this name see Opinion 2275 (I.C.Z.N., 2011) [I.C.Z.N., 2011 #12807].
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