Large Frogmouth
Large Frogmouth

Large Frogmouth

Batrachostomus auritus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
191 Verified records at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
August Best month highest sighting rate

The large frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus) is a species of bird in the family Podargidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Logging of its habitat poses a risk to its survival, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed it as a vulnerable species. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Large Frogmouth sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 191 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary

Gould's Frogmouth
NT

Gould's Frogmouth

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Batrachostomus stellatus

<5% · Rare
Sunda Frogmouth
LC

Sunda Frogmouth

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Batrachostomus cornutus

Insufficient data
Large-tailed Nightjar
LC

Large-tailed Nightjar

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Caprimulgus macrurus

<5% · Rare
Gray Nightjar
LC

Gray Nightjar

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Caprimulgus jotaka

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
<5
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
5–10
May
10–20
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
5–10
Oct
5–10
Nov
5–10
Dec

🕐 When They’re Spotted

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Sightings of Large Frogmouth are recorded here, but fewer than 5 of them carry a time of day in GBIF — sighting probability uses whole days, so it is unaffected. The hourly pattern needs timestamps we don't have yet.

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
20–30%
2 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
10–20%
3 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
4 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Large Frogmouth in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Large Frogmouth sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 191 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Large Frogmouth in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

August has the highest sighting rate for Large Frogmouth in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in our monthly data.

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