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csziggy
(34,135 posts)2. Nighthawk? nt
cpwm17
(3,829 posts)4. Potoo I think.
They are related to nighthawks.
csziggy
(34,135 posts)5. A new species for me! They look like ugly nighthawks
I wonder how close the species are - or if they just have similar lifestyles?
cpwm17
(3,829 posts)3. I think it's a species of Potoo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoo
Potoos (family Nyctibiidae) are a group of near passerine birds related to the nightjars (nighthawks and Whip-poor-wills are nightjars) and frogmouths. They are sometimes called poor-me-ones, after their haunting calls. There are seven species in one genus, Nyctibius, in tropical Central and South America.
These are nocturnal insectivores which lack the bristles around the mouth found in the true nightjars. They hunt from a perch like a shrike or flycatcher. During the day they perch upright on tree stumps, camouflaged to look like part of the stump. The single spotted egg is laid directly on the top of a stump.
These are nocturnal insectivores which lack the bristles around the mouth found in the true nightjars. They hunt from a perch like a shrike or flycatcher. During the day they perch upright on tree stumps, camouflaged to look like part of the stump. The single spotted egg is laid directly on the top of a stump.