Caprimulgiformes
Potoos (Nyctibiidae)
HBW 5, p. 288
- Medium-sized nocturnal birds with large head, small body, long wings and tail, and very short legs.
- Neotropical.
- Forests, mainly humid.
- 1 genus, 7 species, 15 taxa.
- No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
- 7
List of species:
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- 31 1 15 15 8 1 Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
- 18 1 9 8 8 2 Long-tailed Potoo (Nyctibius aethereus)
- 15 9 6 8 3 Northern Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)
- 71 4 32 35 8 4 Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus)
- 4 3 1 8 5 Andean Potoo (Nyctibius maculosus)
- 3 1 1 1 8 6 White-winged Potoo (Nyctibius leucopterus)
- 17 1 4 12 8 7 Rufous Potoo (Nyctibius bracteatus)
Family statistics
1 genus, 7 species
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| 1 genus | (100%) |
| 7 species | (100%) |
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