Papuan Frogmouth

Podargus papuensis

Cairns Botanical Gardens, FNE Qld IMG_5081 20180222 - baileyi female on left, male on right.

Notes: Big. Massive head, bulbous bill, red iris. Short forehead tufts. Cream eyebrow. Long
pointed, strongly graduated tail. Large white spots on wing coverts. Male: buff bar along shoulder.
Female: more rufous, more evenly, finely marked. Ssp baileyi is dark; rainforest dwelling.
Ssp rogersi is larger and paler. Voice: resonating low deep oom-oom-oom sometimes repeated
many times. Roosts by day in dense vegetation. Feeds in forest clearings, edges.

Range from Morcombe^©(modified)

Daintree River, FNE Qld IMG_2167_76 20190815- baileyi Kingfisher Lodge, FNE Qld IMG_2676_76 20151101 - baileyi McIver R Crossing, FNE Qld IMG_4774,6 20160923 - rogersi Goodwin Street, Cairns Gardens, FNE Qld IMG_6970 20220203 - baileyi CLICK for close-up. McIver R Crossing, FN Qld IMG_4767_70 20160923 - rogersi Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_5440 20180222 - baileyi female parent w. chick Leichhardt River, FNW Qld MVI_3592 20170817 - rogersi being harrassed by Noisy Miners.

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