Thursday, 17 May 2012

Introducing The Frogmouth

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It's important that you get to know these adorably expressive birds. Not to be confused with owls, the frogmouth is a nocturnal bird related to the nightjars and native to Southeast Asia and Australia. They are named for their large flattened hooked bills and huge frog-like gape, which they use to capture insects.

1 comment(s):

Anonymous said...

Both the American whippoorwill and the night hawk or mosquito hawk, as we call them in Texas, have the same shaped mouth.