NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Bornean Frogmouth
Batrachostomus mixtus Sharpe, 1892
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.
Bornean Frogmouth Batrachostomus mixtus in Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Bornean frogmouth (Batrachostomus mixtus) is a bird species in the family Podargidae. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the short-tailed frogmouth, but others consider it to be a distinct species. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia and is endemic to the island of Borneo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The species was discovered by Charles Hose on Mount Dulit in Sarawak, Borneo, and described by Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1892 for the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club.
Wikipedia contributors, Bornean frogmouth; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:15:45.545206+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Batrachostomus mixtus Sharpe, 1892
- Name authority
- Sharpe, 1892
- Common name
- Bornean Frogmouth
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Podargidae
- Genus
- Batrachostomus
- 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
- subfamilyBatrachostominae
- genusBatrachostomus Gould, 1838
- speciesBatrachostomus mixtus Sharpe, 1892
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Batrachostomus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Large FrogmouthBatrachostomus auritus (J. E. Gray, 1829) | PodargidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palawan FrogmouthBatrachostomus chaseni Stresemann, 1937 | PodargidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sunda FrogmouthBatrachostomus cornutus (Temminck, 1822) | PodargidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sri Lanka FrogmouthBatrachostomus moniliger Blyth, 1849 | PodargidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-tailed FrogmouthBatrachostomus poliolophus Hartert, 1892 | PodargidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gould's FrogmouthBatrachostomus stellatus (Gould, 1837) | PodargidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dulit FrogmouthBatrachostomus harterti Sharpe, 1892 | PodargidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Batrachostomus poliolophus mixtus Sharpe, 1892 Sharpe, 1892 | synonym |
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.
- Sharpe, & Bowdler. (1892). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, Vol. 1, No. 2. 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:KZRF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.