Palawan Frogmouth (Batrachostomus chaseni)
About the Palawan Frogmouth
The Palawan frogmouth (Batrachostomus chaseni) is a species of bird in the family Podargidae. It is found on Palawan in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the Javan and Blyth's frogmouth. It was formerly conspecific with the Javan and Blyth's frogmouth under the Horsfield's frogmouth species complex. It is most similar to Blyth's but is differentiated by the lack of black spotting on its crown and having white spots instead. However, there seems to be a large amount of variance and morphs between each individual and thus further study is required to properly validate its status as a species. Diet is presumed to be insects but there is no published data on the specifics of its diet.
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Listed as recorded in Philippines in the xeno-canto catalogue.