Gould's Frogmouth - Batrachostomus stellatus
( Gould, 1837 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
Est. World Population: U

CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
It occurs in evergreen and secondary forest to at least 500 m (once to 920 m on Borneo), although it is not found in heavily degraded habitats (Wells 1999, J. Eaton in litt. 2016). It feeds on insects in the lower storeys of forest.


Range:
Batrachostomus stellatus occurs from central Peninsular Thailand, Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia,  Kalimantan (including the North Natuna Islands) and Sumatra (including the Riau and Lingga archipelagos and Bangka Island), Indonesia and Brunei, where it is fairly widespread but uncommon in suitable habitat (BirdLife International 2001, J. Eaton in litt. 2016). Apparently now extinct in Singapore (Wells 1999).


Conservation:
Conservation Actions Underway
No species-specific actions are known, although the species has been recorded from a number of protected areas within its range.

Conservation Actions Proposed
Continue to monitor the rate of forest loss and protect areas of lowland forest within the species's range. Enforce restrictions on agricultural encroachment and logging within protected areas. Generate reliable density estimates across different habitats to (1) ascertain the extent to which this species is reliant on primary forest; and (2) help inform a population estimate for the species.


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