Papuan Frogmouth

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Goodwin Street, Cairns Botanic Gardens, FNE Qld IMG_5081 20180222 - baileyi female on left, male on right.

Notes: Big. Massive head, bulbous bill, red iris. Short forehead tufts. Cream eyebrow. Long
pointed, strongly graduated tail. Large white spots on wing coverts. Male: buff bar along shoulder.
Female: more rufous, more evenly, finely marked. Ssp baileyi is dark; rainforest dwelling.
Ssp rogersi is larger and paler. Voice: resonating low deep oom-oom-oom sometimes repeated
many times. Roosts by day in dense vegetation. Feeds in forest clearings, edges.

Range from Morcombe^©(modified)

Daintree River, FNE Qld IMG_2167_76 20190815- baileyi

Kingfisher Lodge, FNE Qld IMG_2676_76 20151101 - baileyi

Saltwater Creek, Centenary Lakes, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_6036 20250828 - baileyi CLICK for close-up.

McIver R Crossing, FNE Qld IMG_4774,6 20160923 - rogersi CLICK for another pic.

Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_5440 20180222 - baileyi male parent w. chick. (male usually on duty during day,
female at night)

Botanical Gardens, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_9871 20250117 - baileyi male parent w. chick. CLICK for another view
two days later.

Saltwater Creek, Centenary Lakes, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_5253 20260105 - baileyi male parent with chick about a day
after first appearance. CLICK and 25 days after first appearance.

Cairns Botanical Gardens, FNE Qld IMG_9882 20250117 - baileyi parenting chick.

Leichhardt River, FNW Qld MVI_3592 20170817 - rogersi being harrassed by Noisy Miners.

Saltwater Creek, Centenary Lakes, Cairns, FNE Qld 20260112 - baileyi male and chick about 12 days after first appearance.