Birds of India - The New Synopsis

A complete checklist of bird species and subspecies found in India

Podargiformes (Frogmouths)

Podargidae (Frogmouths)

• Batrachostomus Gould, 1838 Icones avium, or figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from various parts of the globe [world] pt2 pl.17,text Podargus auritus Gray, 1829; Type by monotypy
  • 397. Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger Blyth, 1849 [HB#666]
    Original Description: Batrachostomus moniliger Blyth, 1849 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18 p.806
    Taxonomy: Taxonomic status of subspecies roonwali Dutta 2009 from N Karnataka [=N Kanara] and Kodagu [=Coorg] not distinctive enough for subspecies status (Praveen et al. 2024, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 124 (1): 39). Sri Lankan population may qualify as a distinct subspecies; in which case the name roonwali would apply to the entire W Ghat population.
    Alternative Names: Ceylon Frogmouth
    Distribution: W Ghats from about Mumbai till the southern tip in Kanyakumari district but absent in the associated hills like Biligirirangans, Servarayan, and Sirumalai.
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, TNHM, LKO
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-I.
  
  
  • 398. Hodgson's Frogmouth Batrachostomus hodgsoni (Gray, 1859)
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-I.
    • 398a. Batrachostomus hodgsoni hodgsoni (Gray, 1859) [HB#667]
      Original Description: Otothrix hodgsoni Gray, 1859 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 27(1) p.101 pl.152 (Darjeeling)
      Taxonomy: Includes rupchandi Koelz 1954 from Karong, Manipur.
      Distribution: From Sikkim and N Bengal, east through Arunachal, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura (?).
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1859.3.4.585 (Syntype).
      Specimens: NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH