Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)

Other Names (World)
Great Potoo, Grand Potoo

Family
Nyctibiidae (Potoos)

Size
45 - 54 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay (B), Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (29)...)

Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis) [XC416483]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Brit\u00e2nia, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)

Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis) [XC453562]
by Dante Buzzetti from Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n y Conservaci\u00f3n de R\u00edo Los Amigos (CICRA), Peru (song)

Subspecies
Currently accepted subspecies are doubtfully valid, and perhaps represent merely extremes in broad geographical size trends and individual plumage variation.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

guatemalensis Land & Schultz, 1963 - Extreme southern Mexico, Guatemala, and possibly Honduras.
grandis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) - Nicaragua to northern South America, where mostly east of Andes throughout Amazonia to northern Paraguay, and in south-eastern Brazil; may occur locally between Amazonia and Atlantic forest regions.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis) - 10 files

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