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Nyctibius Grandis - Great Potoo; Apiacás, Mato Grosso, Brazil (cropped)
''Nyctibius'' is a genus of potoos, Nocturnality, nocturnal birds in the family Potoo, Nyctibiidae. Etymology The genus ''Nyctibius'' was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot to accommodate a single species, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Comte de Buffon's "Le Grande Engoulevent de Cayenne", the great potoo, which thus becomes the type species. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''nuktibios'' meaning "night-feeding", from ''nux'' night and ''bios'' "life". Distribution They are found throughout much of Mexico, Central America, South America, and parts of the Caribbean. Taxonomy They are one of two genera in the family, the other being the monotypic genus ''Phyllaemulor'' (containing only the rufous potoo). Prior to 2018, they were considered the only extant genus within the Nyctibiidae; however, a study that year found a deep divergence between the rufous potoo and all other species in the genus, leading it to be described in a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Potoo
__NOTOC__ The common potoo, or kakuy (''Nyctibius griseus''), or urutau is one of seven species of birds within the genus potoo, ''Nyctibius''. It is notable for its large, yellow eyes and a wide mouth. Potoos are Nocturnality, nocturnal and are related to nightjars and frogmouths. They lack the characteristic bristles around the mouths of true nightjars. Taxonomy The common potoo was Species description, formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's ''Systema Naturae''. He placed it with all the nightjar-like species in the genus ''Caprimulgus'' and coined the binomial nomenclature, binomial name ''Caprimulgus griseus''. Gmelin based his description on "L'engoulevent gris" from Cayenne that had been described from a preserved specimen in 1779 by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. The common potoo is now one of the seven potoos placed in the genus ''Nyctibius'' that was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
