A new genus of frogmouth (Podargidae) from the Solomon Islands – results from a taxonomic review of Podargus ocellatus inexpectatus Hartert 1901 |
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| Authors: | NIGEL CLEERE REW W KRATTER DAVID W STEADMAN MICHAEL J BRAUN CHRISTOPHER J HUDDLESTON CHRISTOPHER E FILARDI † & GUY DUTSON |
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| Institution: | The Bird Group, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Akeman Street, Tring HP23 6AP, UK; Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746, USA; Burke Museum, University of Washington, PO Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; c/o 1 High Way, Broadstone, Dorset BH18 9NB, UK |
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| Abstract: | The frogmouth taxon occurring on the Solomon Islands has been known as Podargus ocellatus inexpectatus , a subspecies endemic to four islands in the Solomon Islands of a species that also inhabits New Guinea and Australia. Our morphological, osteological and molecular studies support recognition of inexpectatus at the species level, and further reveal that it merits placement in its own genus, which we describe here. Compared with the two other extant podargid genera, inexpectatus does not seem to be more closely related either to Batrachostomus (confined to the Indo-Malayan faunal region) or to Podargus of the Papuan–Australian faunal region. We also review the specimen history of the Solomon Islands Frogmouth, and discuss what little is known about its ecology, natural history and distribution. |
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