Potoos (Nyctibiidae)
Long-tailed Potoo (Nyctibius aethereus) - HBW 5, p. 299
French: Ibijau à longue queue
German: Langschwanz-Tagschläfer
Spanish: Nictibio Colilargo
Other common names: Large-tailed Potoo (aethereus, if two species recognized)
Taxonomy: Caprimulgus æthereus Wied, 1820, Rio Mucuri, Bahia, Brazil.
Race longicaudatus (incorporating chocoensis) generally considered a distinct species for most of its recorded history, but recently lumped on rather scanty evidence; based on distinctive morphology, separate species status may be appropriate, although voices apparently similar. Relationships of all races require further study. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chocoensis Chapman, 1921 - Chocó region (W Colombia).
- longicaudatus (Spix, 1825) - scattered localities across Amazonia, probably throughout.
- aethereus (Wied, 1820) - Atlantic forest of SE Paraguay, NE Argentina and SE Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual perched and keeping perfectly still Locality Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp aethereus)
Mick and Joy Braker 16 October 2006 5 years ago 15 sec 4.5 -
A bird preening on a day roost, 20 m up in a tree swaying in the wind Locality Napo River, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp longicaudatus)
Scott Olmstead 20 February 2008 5 years ago 41 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched on a branch Locality Yuturi Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp longicaudatus)
Yuturi Lodge 6 August 2004 8 years ago 29 sec 3.6 -
A view of a bird on a dry branch, keeping still during the day Locality Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp aethereus)
Mick and Joy Braker 16 October 2006 5 years ago 20 sec 3.2 -
Bird sitting on tree Locality Tambopata Research Center, Tambopata National Park, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Keith and Lynn Youngs 14 September 2011 1 year ago 31 sec 3 -
An adult and chick in a nest Locality Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp longicaudatus)
Virgilio Yábar Calderón 6 September 2001 9 years ago 20 sec 3
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At the edge of the garden of the lodge.
Locality Pantiacolla Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp longicaudatus)
Cock Reijnders 11 September 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
At the egde of the garden of the lodge. Always there (day and night)
Locality Pantiacolla Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp longicaudatus)
Cock Reijnders 11 September 2010 2 years ago 4 -
A bird perched on a trunk, keeping still.
Locality Yasuní National Park, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp longicaudatus)
Joe Tobias 1 November 2004 25 weeks ago 3.7 -
Possible female nesting
Locality Orellana Province, Ecuador
Roberto Cedeño Ch. 29 September 2009 3 years ago 3.7 -
Bird on the nest at night.
Locality Pantiacolla Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Lars Petersson 7 November 2009 2 years ago 3.6 -
Perched
Locality Hacienda Castalia, Garzón, Huila Department, Colombia
JUAN DIEGO CASTILLO 12 October 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.6
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A bird calling well before dawn in a 240-ha urban forest fragment. Locality Floresta Amazonica Hotel, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
(ssp longicaudatus)
Bradley Davis 1 June 2006 3 years ago 4
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