Podargidae

Thesaurus

Noun

Podargidae - frogmouthsfamily Podargidaebird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsCaprimulgiformes, order Caprimulgiformes - goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirdsgenus Podargus, Podargus - type genus of the Podargidaefrogmouth - insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth

Podargidae

[pə′där·jə‚dē] (vertebrate zoology) The heavy-billed frogmouths, a family of Asian and Australian birds in the order Caprimulgiformes.

Podargidae

(in Russian, belonogi), a family of birds of the order Caprimulgiformes. The two genera, Podargus and Batrachostomus (frogmouths), include 12 species, distributed from northeastern India and Indochina to Australia and Tasmania. They are forest birds. Podargus builds its nest from twigs in the forks of branches; it lays two to three eggs. Batrachostomus builds a saddle-shaped nest of down, cobwebs, and lichens; there is one egg to a clutch. The diet is composed of insects.

Podargidae

noun

Synonyms for Podargidae

noun frogmouths

Synonyms

family Podargidae

Related Words

bird family
Caprimulgiformes
order Caprimulgiformes
genus Podargus
Podargus
frogmouth

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