Frogmouth
| Frogmouths | |
|---|---|
| Tawny frogmouth, at night | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Clade: | Vanescaves |
| Order: | Podargiformes Matthews, 1918 |
| Family: | Podargidae Gray, 1847 |
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The frogmouths (Podargidae) are a group of nocturnal birds related to owlet-nightjars, swifts, and hummingbirds. Species in the group are distributed in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms.
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