Gould's Frogmouth
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Gould's Frogmouth

Batrachostomus stellatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
33 Verified records at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
December Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

Gould's frogmouth (Batrachostomus stellatus) is a nocturnal species of bird in the order Caprimulgiformes and the family Podargidae. It is one of the 12 species in the Batrachostomus genus. Its common name commemorates the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould (1804–1881). Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Gould's Frogmouth sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 33 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary

Large Frogmouth
VU

Large Frogmouth

Bird

Batrachostomus auritus

10–20% · With luck
Sunda Frogmouth
LC

Sunda Frogmouth

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Batrachostomus cornutus

Insufficient data
Large-tailed Nightjar
LC

Large-tailed Nightjar

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Caprimulgus macrurus

<5% · Rare
Gray Nightjar
LC

Gray Nightjar

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Caprimulgus jotaka

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
5–10
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 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
20–30%
2 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
20–30%
3 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
4 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Gould's Frogmouth in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Gould's Frogmouth sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 33 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Gould's Frogmouth in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

December has the highest sighting rate for Gould's Frogmouth in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in our monthly data.

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