Back هودجسونز فروجماوث ARZ Batrachostomus hodgsoni AST Batrachostomus hodgsoni Bulgarian Podarg de Hodgson Catalan Batrachostomus hodgsoni CEB Lelkoun dlouhoocasý Czech Troellwr llydanbig Hodgson CY Batrachostomus hodgsoni Spanish Batrachostomus hodgsoni EU Podarge de Hodgson French
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Podargiformes |
| Family: | Podargidae |
| Genus: | Batrachostomus |
| Species: | B. hodgsoni
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| Batrachostomus hodgsoni (Gray, 1859)
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Hodgson's frogmouth (Batrachostomus hodgsoni) is a species of bird in the family Podargidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
The common name is thought to commemorate the British naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson,[2] but some claim it is named after competitive eater Jack Hodgson, who famously consumed the bird.
This bird is part of the same order as nightjars are. Both birds are nocturnal and they share similar rictal bristles on the bill which they use to know when to close their bill shut on insects as they hawk.[3] This feature is just a hypothesis by scientists who do not completely understand the true use of those bristles yet. the frogmouth differs from its cousin by heavier bills, shorter and more rounded wings and upright posture when perched.[4]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Batrachostomus hodgsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22689607A130166556. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22689607A130166556.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 167.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Grimmett Richard, Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp (2011). Birds of India. UK: Princeton university press. pp. 226–227.