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The Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) is a bird found in Australia. Woods and gardens across Australia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, small mammals and birds and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Tawny frogmouth lives

Woods and gardens across Australia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs80%
• 🐭 Mammals & birds10%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Tawny frogmouth

Recorded by Romuald Mikusek (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC953019. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Tawny frogmouth

Where does the Tawny frogmouth live?

The Tawny frogmouth lives in Australia. Woods and gardens across Australia.

What does the Tawny frogmouth eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 80%), small mammals and birds (about 10%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Tawny frogmouth endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Cape gannet
• Sooty albatross
• Australian painted-snipe
• Sunset lorikeet
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
• Laughing Kookaburra

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.