Potoos

Order: Caprimulgiformes

Family: Nyctibiidae

6 species

HABITAT AND RANGE:

New World tropics;

DESCRIPTION:

35-48 cm; bill small, narrow, decurved, mouth large; maxillary "tooth"; no rictal bristles but bristle-tipped loral feathers; wings, tail long; legs short; toes short, flattened below;

FOOD:

nocturnal insectivores;

BREEDING:

sexes similar; single egg laid on branch; monogamous (?); biparental care

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