Tawny Frogmouth: Juveniles

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Nightbirds (Caprimulgiformes)

Family:

Frogmouth (Podargidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)

This Photo:

Juveniles

Thank you Alan Melville & Mark Apgar for confirming the id of this species for us

EXTRA - Photo Specific Information:
These orphans are in good hands at Wombat Rise Sanctuary
General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Strange bird. Looks like an upright branch stump in a tree. Motley brown.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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