Podargus

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Tawny frogmouth wholebody444.jpg

| image_caption = Tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides, at night

| taxon = Podargus

| authority = Vieillot, 1818

| type_species = Podargus cinereus{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=73 |title= Podargidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-08-05}}

| type_species_authority = Vieillot, 1818

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = At least 3 recognized species, see article.

}}

Podargus is a small genus of birds in the frogmouth family, Podargidae. All members of this genus are found in Australia, with some species being found in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Solomon Islands, as well.

It contains these species to date:

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Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
120px	Podargus ocellatus {{small|Quoy & Gaimard, 1830}}	Marbled frogmouth	Aru Islands, New Guinea and Queensland
120px	Podargus papuensis {{small|Quoy & Gaimard, 1830}}	Papuan frogmouth	Aru Islands, New Guinea, and Cape York Peninsula.
120px	Podargus strigoides {{small|(Latham, 1801)}}	Tawny frogmouth	Mainland Australia (except far Western Queensland, the central Northern Territory, and most of the Nullabor Plain) and Tasmania