Tawny frogmouth chicks perfect their evil stares
Are you looking at me?
They may be cute and fluffy, but judging by the expression on their faces these adorable tawny frogmouths are less than impressed.
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The cute chicks are currently being cared for at Carina Heights in Brisbane, Australia.
The species is native to Australia and, despite their appearance, are not actually owls, although they are related.
They are often mistaken as owls due to their nocturnal habits and similar colouring.
Tawny frogmouths and owls both have mottled patterns, wide eyes, and anisodactyl feet. However, owls possess strong legs, powerful talons, and toes with a unique flexible joint as they use their feet to catch prey.
Tawny frogmouths prefer to catch their prey with their beaks and have fairly weak feet. They roost out in the open relying on camouflage for defence and build their nests in tree forks, whereas owls roost hidden in thick foliage and build their nests in tree hollows.
Tawny frogmouths have wide forward facing beaks for catching insects whereas owls have narrow downwards facing beaks used to tear prey apart.
The bulk of their diet is composed of large nocturnal insects such as moths, as well as spiders, worms, slugs, and snails, but also includes a variety of bugs, beetles, wasps, ants, centipedes, millipedes, and scorpions.
Small mammals, reptiles, frogs and birds are also eaten.
Tawny frogmouths are large, big-headed birds that can measure from 13 to 21 in long. Weights have been recorded of up to 680 grams in the wild.
They are a widespread species found throughout most of the Australian mainland, except in far western Queensland, the central Northern Territory, and most of the Nullabor Plain.
In Tasmania, they are common throughout the northern and eastern parts of the state.
