Kalmar "Podargus" ita ce jinsin tsuntsaye a cikin dangin Podargidae, wanda aka fi sani da frogmouths. Frogmouths tsuntsaye ne na dare da ake samu a Asiya da Ostiraliya, wanda aka san su da manyan kuɗaɗen kuɗaɗe, faffadan giɓi, da tsummoki da ke taimaka musu haɗuwa cikin kewayen su. Kalmar "Podargus" ta fito ne daga kalmomin Helenanci "pous" ma'ana "ƙafa" da "argos" ma'ana "farar fata," mai yiwuwa nuni ga ƙafafu masu launin haske na wasu nau'in frogmouth.