Frogmouth Facts: is it an OWL? | Animal Fact Files

The frogmouth is a type of bird named for its frog-shaped mouth! They'll eat anything that fits inside their gaping maw! Is it an owl? Learn more frogmouth facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Family - Podargidae
Range: South Asia from India down into Australia
Habitat: forests but also seen in open clearings and agricultural fields
Size: 8 to 24 inches (20-61cm) in length
Diet: insects and vertebrates like mice and lizards
Threats: habitat loss
Lifespan: 10 years in captivity

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Frogmouth NAME 0:00
Frogmouth DIET 0:19
Frogmouth RANGE 0:32
Frogmouth SIZE 1:00
Frogmouth STUMPING 1:11
Frogmouth SOUNDS 1:29
Frogmouth HABITAT 1:46
Frogmouth LIFE CYCLE 2:24
Frogmouth THREATS 2:57
Thanks / Outro 3:17
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Image and Video Credits:
Ben Stewart:    • Tawny Frogmouth juvenile  
Dipu Karuthedathu:    • Srilanka Frogmouth - "The Dance"  
IndiaBirding:    • Bangalore Birding - Ceylon Frogmouth ...  
JLBPHOTOS1:    • Видео  ;    • Видео  ;    • Видео  
Lee D:    • Tawny Frogmouth at Wings of Asia  
M Banafshi:    • Reuniting Tawny Frogmouth chick (Corr...  
Marx Wegener comes alive on YouTube!:    • The most cuddly bird I have ever seen...  
Notdunroamin:    • Tawny Frogmouth  
photomecan:    • Sri Lanka Frogmouth  
Pieter Coetzee:    • Tawny Frogmouth - Hello world!  
Southern Tas Climbers:    • Australian CUTE ANIMAL RESCUE...Tawny...  
youteeism:    • Gould's Frogmouth  
zuditaka:    • Tawny Frogmouth (Part One) (•▽•)ლ༼( ͡...  ;    • Tawny Frogmouth (Part Two) (•▽•)ლ༼( ͡...  ;    • Tawny Frogmouth (Part Five) (•▽•)ლ༼( ...  ;    • Tawny Frogmouth (Part Six) (•▽•)ლ༼( ͡...  ;    • Tawny Frogmouth (Part Four) (•▽•)ლ༼( ...  ;    • Tawny Frogmouth (Part Three) (•▽•)ლ༼(...  
Mike's Birds - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pazzani...
elmoustachio - https://freesound.org/people/elmousta...

Research Credits:
https://nhpbs.org/wild/podargidae.asp
http://carolinabirds.org/HTML/Frogmou...
https://www.britannica.com/animal/fro...
https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/speci...
https://www.beautyofbirds.com/frogmou...
https://seaworld.org/animals/facts/bi...

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