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Potoo

Order: Nyctibiiformes (potoos)
Family: Nyctibiidae (potoos)

Species on page (1 out of 1 families, 1 out of 2 genera, 2 out of 7 species)
+ Great potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
+ Common potoo (Nyctibius griseus)

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Great potoo (Nyctibius grandis)

The great and mighty

great potoo

Great potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
Family: Nyctibiidae (potoos)
The Pantanal, Brazil
August, 2014

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The great and mighty

panama

Great potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
Family: Nyctibiidae (potoos)
Summit Hill
Panama
July 12, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

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Common potoo (Nyctibius griseus)

Young potoo

potoo

Common potoo (Nyctibius griseus)
Family: Nyctibiidae (potoos)
Mindo, Ecuador
June 19, 2025
Canon R5m2
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Common potoo

potoo

Common potoo (Nyctibius griseus)
Family: Nyctibiidae (potoos)
Mindo, Ecuador
June 19, 2025
Canon R5m2

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Common potoo

potoo

Common potoo (Nyctibius griseus)
Family: Nyctibiidae (potoos)
Mindo, Ecuador
June 19, 2025
Canon R5m2

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Common potoo

potoo

Common potoo (Nyctibius griseus)
Family: Nyctibiidae (potoos)
Mindo, Ecuador
June 19, 2025
Canon R5m2
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