Adult rufous morph © Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok eBird S60737803 Macaulay Library ML 186556681
Adult gray morph © Walter Oshiro
Adult rufous morph © Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok
Adult rufous morph © Chris Chafer
Adult rufous morph © Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok
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Adult gray morph © Walter Oshiro

Palawan Frogmouth Batrachostomus chaseni

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Identification

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A medium-sized night bird of lowland forest on Palawan, where it is the only frogmouth. Male is gray-brown and lightly speckled above with barred flight feathers and tail. Female is more rufous-brown with less patterning. Both sexes have a broken white line above the shoulder and are heavily scalloped with white on the belly, more sparsely on the chest. Note the prominent whiskers around the face. More often heard than seen. Voice is a raspy, whistled “reh-weuu!” with the second note falling.

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