Frogmouth - Frogmouth

Japanese: ガマグチヨタカ - がまぐちよたか
Frogmouth - Frogmouth

A general term for birds belonging to the order Nightjars and family Podargidae. There are 12 species in the family Podargidae. They are found in southern India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, etc. They are 20-50 cm long, with a flattened, hook-shaped beak and bristly at the base. They are named after their very large mouths. Many species are found in two types, a reddish brown type and a gray brown type, regardless of gender or age. They are nocturnal, jumping from stumps and low branches to the ground to catch and eat insects, centipedes, frogs, etc. They usually live in pairs of two birds, one male and one female, in forests. They build their nests in the fork of a horizontal branch on the tree, and are dish-shaped. They lay one or two white eggs, which the male and female take turns incubating.

[Higuchi Hiroyoshi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

鳥綱ヨタカ目ガマグチヨタカ科に属する鳥の総称。同科Podargidaeには全部で12種いる。インド南部、スリランカ、タイ、マレーシア、フィリピン、ニューギニア、オーストラリアなどに分布する。全長20~50センチメートル、嘴(くちばし)は扁平(へんぺい)で先が鉤(かぎ)形をしており、付け根には剛毛が生えている。口が非常に大きいので、その名がついた。多くの種で、雌雄、年齢に関係のない赤褐色タイプと灰褐色タイプの2型がみられる。夜行性で、切り株や低い枝から地上にぱっと飛び降りて、昆虫やムカデやカエルなどをとって食べる。普通、森林内に雌雄2羽のつがいで暮らしている。巣は樹上の水平な枝のまたの部分につくり、皿形である。白い卵を1、2個産み、雌雄が交代で抱卵する。

[樋口広芳]

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