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Tawny Frogmouth
Podargus strigoides
-30.0222, 148.118
Field Notes
Description:
Males and females look alike and are 35–53 cm (14–21 in) long.
They have yellow eyes and a wide beak topped with a tuft of bristly feathers.
Tawny Frogmouths hunt at night and spend the day roosting on a dead log or tree branch close to the tree trunk.
Habitat:
Found throughout the Australian mainland, Tasmania and southern New Guinea.
Notes:
The Tawny Frogmouth is often mistaken for an owl. Many Australians refer to the Tawny Frogmouth by the colloquial names of "Mopoke"
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Tawny Frogmouth
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PublishedJuly 28, 2013
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