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Papuan frogmouth
Podargus papuensis
-2.56294, 140.504
Field Notes
Description:
I found this Papuan frogmouth, with its signature red eyes, dead in my driveway one morning. I do not know the cause of death. It is a nocturnal species. I've never actually seen the species (live) at this location.
Habitat:
Found under a jackfruit tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) in a large semi-urban yard & garden, near a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest, in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
Notes:
I do not know if this bird was the victim of an air rifle or underwent normal mortality. (I neglected to try and perform a post-mortem). However this spotting does tell me that this species is part of the local fauna that I had not otherwise previously observed.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2013
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