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An illustration based on the real animal.
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The tawny frogmouth sometimes catches moths in flight.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Tawny frogmouth
- Scientific name
- Podargus strigoides
- Japanese name
- オーストラリアガマグチヨタカ
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Podargiformes
- Family
- Podargidae
- Genus
- Podargus
A nocturnal bird that lives in forests and grasslands, and also on farmland and near people's homes. During the day it sits still up in the trees.
Its feathers look like tree bark. When it senses danger, it stretches its body out among the branches and freezes completely.
It catches and eats small animals, mostly on the ground, such as mice, lizards and insects.
How the Tawny frogmouth lives
It waits perched in a tree, then pounces on prey. In spring, it builds a nest of twigs in a tree and lays eggs. Both parents incubate the eggs and feed the chicks.
San Diego Zoo多摩動物公園Basic data
- Size
- Total length: 43–51 cm
- Weight
- males 440–600 g, females 300–555 g
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Diet
- Mice, lizards, insects, and other foods
- Range
- Australia
Where the Tawny frogmouth has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 简体中文
- 茶色蟆口鸱
- 繁體中文
- 茶色蟆口鴟
- 한국어
- 갈색넓은부리쏙독새
- Español
- Podargo australiano
- Français
- Podarge gris
- Deutsch
- Eulenschwalm
- Português (Brasil)
- Boca-de-sapo-australiano
- Italiano
- Podargo strigoide
- العربية
- فم الضفدع الأسمر
- Русский
- Исполинский белоног
- Türkçe
- Avustralya Kocaağzı
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 多摩動物公園 — オーストラリアガマクチヨタカChecked: 2026-11-03
- San Diego Zoo — Tawny FrogmouthChecked: 2026-11-05
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeWhen you meet the Tawny frogmouth, look for this
- Look for its wide, hooked beak.
Animals do different things from day to day, so you may not always see this.
San Diego ZooEXHIBIT INFORMATION
Places that keep or show the Tawny frogmouth
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
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Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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