Looking like a broken branchSourced
The posture completes the camouflage
Australia’s tawny frogmouth angles its head upward while perching, combining posture and patterned plumage to resemble a broken branch. A pair may stand side by side in the same position. The concealment involves shape as well as feather color.
The apparent branch end may be a bird’s raised head.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-05