Tawny Frogmouth
Eyes Closing, as it feels threatened
Ellura
Tawny Frogmouth
At Night
 
                      
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Nightbirds (Caprimulgiformes)
Family: Frogmouth (Podargidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
This Photo:     🔍Eyes, just a slit🔎

Thank you Alan Melville & Mark Apgar for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Strange bird. Looks like an upright branch stump in a tree. Motley brown.

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 08-May-2013
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)