The Philippine Frogmouth is a nocturnal bird found only in the Philippine archipelago. It catches large insects and lives in forests and at forest edges.
Its large, wide bill has a frog-like shape.
It is active at night and catches large insects with its broad bill.
Its calls include varied raspy sounds and a downslurred, gow-like note.
It builds a small cup on a horizontal branch from down, moss and lichens bound with spider silk, usually holding one egg. Males incubate by day and females at night.
Its prey includes grasshoppers, cicadas, crickets and beetles.
Rufous and gray-brown morphs occur, with intermediate plumages. Females resemble males but have a narrower white collar on the nape.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.