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potoos today are
exclusively found in the Americas, but they
apparently had a much more
widespread distribution in the past.
Fossil remains of
potoos...
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polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc,
Comte de Buffon. The
common potoo is now one of the
seven potoos placed in the
genus Nyctibius that was
introduced in 1816...
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coined the
binomial name
Caprimulgus grandis. The
great potoo is now one of the
seven potoos placed in the
genus Nyctibius that was
introduced in 1816...
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orders Caprimulgidae (nightjars,
nighthawks and allies),
Nyctibiidae (
potoos),
Steatornithidae (oilbirds),
Podargidae (frogmouths),
Apodiformes (swifts...
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publication suggested that the
rufous potoo differed enough in
cranial structure and
genetic divergence from
other potoos (in the
genus Nyctibius) that it...
- Latham's "Jamaican goatsucker"
published in 1783. The
northern potoo is now one of the
seven potoos placed in the
genus Nyctibius that was
introduced in 1816...
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northern potoo (N. jamaicensis), and the
common potoo (N. griseus) are more
closely related to each
other than to the
other potoos. The
Andean potoo is monotypic...
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northern potoo (N. jamaicensis), and the
common potoo (N. griseus) are more
closely related to each
other than to the
other potoos. The white-winged
potoo is...
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Nyctibius is a
genus of
potoos,
nocturnal birds in the
family Nyctibiidae. The
genus Nyctibius was
introduced in 1816 by the
French ornithologist Louis...
- The long-tailed
potoo (Nyctibius aethereus) is a
species of bird in the
family Nyctibiidae. It is
found in
every mainland South American country except...
