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Marbled Frogmouth
Podargus ocellatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Marbled Frogmouth
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Open encyclopedia reference
The marbled frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) is a bird in the family Podargidae. The species was first described by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1830. It is found in the Aru Islands, New Guinea and Queensland. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Wikipedia contributors, Marbled frogmouth; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:33:05.762660+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Podargus ocellatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
- Name authority
- Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
- Common name
- Marbled Frogmouth
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Podargidae
- Genus
- Podargus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderCaprimulgiformes
- familyPodargidae
- subfamilyPodarginae
- genusPodargus Vieillot, 1818
- speciesPodargus ocellatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Podargus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Papuan FrogmouthPodargus papuensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 | PodargidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tawny FrogmouthPodargus strigoides (Latham, 1801) | PodargidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Quoy and Gaimard. (1830). Zoologie. Voyage de La Corvette l’Astrolabe: Exécuté Par Ordre Du Roi, Pendant Les Années 1826-1827-1828-1829, Sous Le Commandement de J. Dumont d’Urville. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4KPK3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.