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Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) Fact Sheet: Bibliography & Resources

Bibliography

AZA. 2023. Species Survival Statistics [data table report]. Chicago (IL): Lincoln Park Zoo/AZA Population Management Center; [accessed 2023 Apr 18]. https://www.aza.org/species-survival-statistics.

BirdLife International. 2016. Podargus strigoides. The IUCN red list of threatened species [Internet]. Version 2018.2; e.T22689580A93237832; [species assessed 2016 Oct 01; page accessed 2019 Feb 06]. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22689580A93237832.en.

BirdLife International. 2024. Podargus strigoides. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024.2; e.T22689580A253969296. [species assessed 2024 Jan 15; page accessed 2024 Oct 30]. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22689580/253969296.

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Holyoak DT. 2019. Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides). In: del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J, Christie DA, de Juana E, editors. Handbook of the birds of the world alive. Barcelona (Spain): Lynx Edicions; [accessed 2019 Feb 06]. Originally accessed at https://www.hbw.com/node/55142; now online at https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.tawfro1.01.

ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System) [Internet database]. 2019. Podargus strigoides. TSN 555510; [accessed 2019 Feb 06]. https://www.itis.gov/.

Kaplan G. 2018. Tawny Frogmouth. 2nd ed. Clayton, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing.

Körtner G, Brigham RM, Geiser F. 2000. Winter torpor in a large bird. Nature. 407(6802):318. doi:10.1038/35030297.

Körtner G, Brigham RM, Geiser F. 2001. Torpor in free‐ranging Tawny Frogmouths (Podargus strigoides). Physiol Biochem Zool. 74(6):789–797. doi:10.1086/324097.

Körtner G, Geiser F. 1999a. Roosting behaviour of the Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides). J Zool. 248(4):501–507. doi:10.1017/S0952836999008092.

Körtner G, Geiser F. 1999b. Nesting behaviour and juvenile development of the Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides. Emu. 99(3):212–217. doi:10.1071/MU99024.

Marchant S, Higgins PJ, editors. 1999. Podargus strigoides Tawny Frogmouth. In: Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic birds. Vol. 4: parrots to dollarbird. Melbourne (Australia): Oxford University Press. p. 965–983.

Rae S. 2017. Breeding success of Tawny Frogmouths in relation to rainfall. Canberra Bird Notes. 42(2):140–145.

Rose AB, Eldridge RH. 1997. Diet of the Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides in eastern New South Wales. Aust Bird Watch. 17:25–33.

UNEP. 2019. Species+ [online database]. Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP [compiled by UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK]; [accessed 2019 Feb 06]. https://www.speciesplus.net/.

Weaving MJ, White JG, Isaac B, Rendall AR, Cooke R. 2016. Adaptation to urban environments promotes high reproductive success in the tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides), an endemic nocturnal bird species. Landsc Urban Plan. 150:87–95. doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.03.001.

ZIMS (Zoological Information Management System). 2019. [updated 2018 Dec 01; accessed 2019 Feb 06]. https://www.species360.org/

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Head of a Tawny Frogmouth

Head of a Tawny Frogmouth.

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