Common Potoo

Nyctibius griseus - Ibijau gris

Ibijau gris
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Nyctibiiformes

  • Family
    :

    Nyctibiidés

  • Genus
    :

    Nyctibius

  • Species
    :

    griseus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 38 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 85 à 95 cm.
  • Weight
    : 160 à 190 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Ibijau gris
adult
Ibijau gris
adult

Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) is a species of bird in the Nyctibiidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Nyctibius griseus griseus (n and c South America east of the Andes)
  • Nyctibius griseus panamensis (e Nicaragua to w Panama, w Colombia and w Ecuador)

Foreign names

  • Ibijau gris,
  • Nictibio urutaú,
  • urutau-comum,
  • Klagetagschläfer,
  • közönséges álmosmadár,
  • Grijze Reuzennachtzwaluw,
  • Nittibio comune,
  • gråpoto,
  • Fløytepotu,
  • lelkovec urutau,
  • potu obecný,
  • Potu,
  • harmaapökkelökehrääjä,
  • nictibi comú,
  • nocolot szary,
  • Серый лесной козодой,
  • ハイイロタチヨタカ,
  • 钩嘴夜鹰,
  • 灰林鴟,

Voice song and cries

Ibijau gris
adult

Habitat

Ibijau gris
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 19-11-2009
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