Wednesday, March 14, 2018

How about watching a Sri Lanka Frogmouth?

Odd little bird, but absolutely adorable!










This bird is an amazingly frightening bird that shares an uncanny resemblance to Sesame Street’s Oscar The Grouch. This bird has forward facing eyes for binocular vision and often blends into the background because of its ragged appearance. Frogmouths are nocturnal birds, but who can blame them for wanting to stay in the dark?







Distinctive in both its appearance and its loud laughing song, the Sri Lankan frogmouth is a tropical bird related to the nightjars. So called because of its large, gaping mouth, the Sri Lankan frogmouth’s head is as wide as its body, and has a broad, flattened, hooked bill. The female is rusty red with sparse white freckling, whereas the male is grey and more heavily spotted with white. The tail feathers are long and narrow

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4 comments :

  1. Head and neck reminds me a bit of a whippoorwill.

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    1. You're right, Gorges!!! They do look like them! :o)

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  2. Cute bird, especially the chicks. Reminds me of an owl. Found this photo online: http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/tawny-frogmouth-birds-31__700.jpg
    Quite the little fuzzball.

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