Strange Indian Bird - the odd Goblin Frogmouth

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One of the strangest looking birds in the world. Filmed during 'Chasing the Monsoon' an expedition through South India.

A frogmouth is a tropical nocturnal bird related to the nightjar. They're active at night, when they hunt insects using their large gaping mouths to scoop them up. It was during the night that we ventured into the Thattekad forest to try and find one of the smallest and most elusive of the frogmouths - the edemic Sri Lanka Frogmouth (Batrachostomus moniliger). The only way to find one is to follow their distinctive calls - a loud descending cackly and frog-like series of 'Klock-klock-klock-klock-klock' calls (often described as sounding like rattling pebbles) the females call in response with a low long shrill 'Krrshhhh'.

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[PantheraAtrox]

A living mupPET.

[vadersdemise93]

Amazing!

[Trund27]

Cute bird!

[wildirishswan]

That was great.

[bohden]

Tawny frogmouth the only owl ive ever seen. theyre not hard to spot.

[hacheish]

lol on he show "wild boys" steve o and chris pontius play with a tawny frog mouth. and chris makes out with it.