Tawny frogmouth
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The tawny frogmouth is a species of frogmouth native to the Australian mainland and Tasmania and found throughout. It is a big-headed, stocky bird often mistaken for an owl due to its nocturnal habits
Tawny Frogmouth Sydney Olympic Park
Rufous morph
Camouflaged tawny frogmouths blend in with colour and texture of tree bark in Sydney.
Camouflaged tawny frogmouth couple in afternoon sun, Melbourne
Australian boobook
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The Australian boobook, is a species of owl native to mainland Australia, southern New Guinea, the island of Timor, and the Sunda Islands. Described by John Latham in 1801, it was generally considered
Tawny frogmouth
…for an owl due to its nocturnal habits and similar colouring. In the past, it was sometimes mistakenly called a mopoke or mopawk, a name used for the Australian boobook, the call of which is often confused with that of the tawny frogmouth. The tawny frogmouth was first described in 1801 by English naturalist John Latham…
Boobook Owl
The c. 1790 painting by Thomas Watling on which Latham's description is based
Illustration of N. b. fusca by J. G. Keulemans
Red boobook – N. b. lurida