Sunda Frogmouth
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Sunda Frogmouth

Batrachostomus cornutus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Danum Valley Conservation Area
9 Verified records at Danum Valley Conservation Area
October Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Sunda frogmouth (Batrachostomus cornutus) is a medium-sized, old world species of bird within the order Podargiformes. It is also uncommonly referred to as the long-tailed frogmouth or the horned frogmouth. The term "Sunda" is based on the geographical range of the species to regions around the Sunda islands. The genus name, Batrachostomus, is a Greek translation to 'frogmouth', which comes from the wide shape of the bill and slight gape. The species name cornutus is a Latin word translated to "having horns", referring to the tufts of feathers on the head. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Sunda Frogmouth sighting in Danum Valley Conservation Area, based on 9 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Danum Valley Conservation Area

Gould's Frogmouth
NT

Gould's Frogmouth

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Batrachostomus stellatus

<5% · Rare
Blyth's Frogmouth

Blyth's Frogmouth

Bird

Batrachostomus affinis

<5% · Rare
Large Frogmouth
VU

Large Frogmouth

Bird

Batrachostomus auritus

<5% · Rare
Gray Nightjar
LC

Gray Nightjar

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Caprimulgus jotaka

Insufficient data
Malaysian Nightjar
LC

Malaysian Nightjar

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lyncornis temminckii

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
40–50%
2 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
3 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
4 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
5 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Sunda Frogmouth in Danum Valley Conservation Area?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Sunda Frogmouth sighting in Danum Valley Conservation Area, based on 9 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Sunda Frogmouth in Danum Valley Conservation Area?

October has the highest sighting rate for Sunda Frogmouth in Danum Valley Conservation Area in our monthly data.

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