Batrachostomus
Genus of birds
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Through South Asia
Taxonomy
The genus Batrachostomus was introduced in 1838 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate a single species, Podargus auritus Gray, JE, the large frogmouth, which is therefore the type species. The generic name is a direct translation from the Ancient Greek for 'frogmouth'; batracho-/βατραχο- 'frog' and stoma-/στομα 'mouth'.
The genus contains 12 species:
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