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I mean he’s kinda ugly and freaky looking I’ll admit it but he’s special to me so it’s fine

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Rufous potoo - ML201701561, Tomaz Melo

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Potato the Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)

Yes they let me call a Great Potoo Potato. It’s hilarious AND adorable.

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���👆👆exactly! Convergent evolution is the reason why potoos and owls look so similar and have similar nocturnal habits, but are totally unrelated :) Owls are raptors, so their closest relatives would be other raptors like eagles and hawks!

*ALSO I highly recommend everyone taking a look at that link to learn more ;))

Fun Fact

Potoos share a more recent common ancestor with hummingbirds than they do with owls. So, that means these two birds are more closely related to each other..

…than these two birds, which really aren’t that closely related at all :) 

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Fun Fact

Potoos share a more recent common ancestor with hummingbirds than they do with owls. So, that means these two birds are more closely related to each other..

...than these two birds, which really aren’t that closely related at all :) 

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him

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friend, boy, cinnamon roll, etc

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I feel like we all appreciate the greater potoo and night jars and all but…the oilbird deserves some love!

Majestic, great coloration

Can both judge you with flawless eyeliner and be a smug bitch at the same time

But also??? They look hella anxious like damn buddy you okay???

They lay like this in like, every picture. They are loaf birds! Nice, evenly baked bread loaves!

That and I needed an excuse to show you the picture of a baby. Lil fucker looks like he rolled up his holiday sweater sleeves

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THERE IS A POTOO NEAR MY HOUSE!!! I’M SCREAMING!!!

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I need some potoos. Please my family is starving.

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WEEEWOO POOOTOOOO WEEWOOOO

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hello anon please remain calm, we are the emergency potoo services and we heard there was a starving family at this residence

Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)

© Anderson Sandro

Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)

© Alejandro Mora Suárez

Long-tailed Potoo (Nyctibius aethereus)

© Michael Covington

Long-tailed Potoo (Nyctibius aethereus)

© Dante Gabriel Moresco

Andean Potoo (Nyctibius maculosus)

© Stefan Hirsch

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Rufous potoos likely do this to enhance their camouflage! Unlike other potoos, which try to camouflage themselves as part of broken off tree branches and such, Rufous potoos try to camouflage as dead leaves. When they rock back and forth like this, it helps them look more like a dead leaf swaying in the breeze! 

Rufous potoo - ML201701561, Tomaz Melo

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please please PLEASE look at this fucking image of a nightjar i found online (source)

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Tis was me! and noticed your potoo tag is lacking. I request if you could please of so kindly show some love to the great and common potoos also~ thanks you very much.

I apologise for the lacking potoo tag, I hope these potoos will make it up to you

Great potoos, by Andreas Boe / Josef Widmer / Leandro Arias

Common potoos, by Silvia Enggist /  Fernando Burgalin Sequeriai / Daniel Garrigues

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I would like to request if you have anything on the rufous potoo

I did not but I DO NOW. almost. gifset in queue. pictures below.

photos by: Pablo Cerqueira / Luke Seitz / Jorge Gonzalez

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The big Poot! Oops! I meant Great Potoo.

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Today I present to you...

Tomorrow?

Who knows.

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​the bird that lives in my brain forever rent free