Bornean frogmouth
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image =
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Batrachostomus
| species = mixtus
| authority = Sharpe, 1892
| synonyms =
Batrachostomus poliolophus mixtus
}}
The Bornean frogmouth (Batrachostomus mixtus) is bird species in the family Podargidae. Some{{who|date=September 2017}} taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the short-tailed frogmouth, but others{{who|date=September 2017}} consider it to be a distinct species. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia and is endemic to the island of Borneo.{{cite book |title=Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo |author=Phillipps, Quentin |author2= Phillipps, Karen |name-list-style= amp |year=2011 |publisher=John Beaufoy Publishing |location=Oxford, UK |isbn=978-1-906780-56-2 }} Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The species was discovered by Charles Hose on Mount Dulit in Sarawak, Borneo, and described by Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1892 for the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club.
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External links
- {{cite encyclopedia
| title = Bornean Frogmouth (Batrachostomus mixtus)
| encyclopedia = Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive
| date =2017
| publisher = Lynx Edicions
| location = Barcelona
| author1=del Hoyo, J.
| author2=Collar, N.
|author3=Kirwan, G. M.
|author4=Garcia, E. F. J.
|editor1=del Hojo, J.
|editor2=Elliott, A.
|editor3=Sargatal, J.
|editor4=Christie, D.A.
|editor5=de Juana, E.
|url=http://www.hbw.com/node/467177
|access-date=3 September 2017
}}
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Category:Endemic birds of Borneo
Category:Birds described in 1892
Category:Taxa named by Richard Bowdler Sharpe
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Fauna of the Borneo montane rain forests
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