New York Zoological Society. 
FROGMOUTH (Podargus strigoides). Also called Mopoke. 
Length: iy 2 feet. Range: Australia, especially New 
South Wales. 
These nocturnal birds sleep so soundly during the 
day that even the sound of rifle-fire close by may not 
awaken them. At night they fly about uttering cries 
which sound like morepork , morepork! However, they 
feed not on pork, but on insects, small mice and little 
birds. 
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