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title: "Bizarre bird great potoo"  
description: "A short explanation of the great potoo and it's amazing facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-26  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2667/bizarre-bird-great-potoo  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["great potoo", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Bizarre bird great potoo

![Bizarre bird great potoo](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/409f58d1-285a-4764-b7d7-16ab4367c2a7/images/7c94e4fe-63a7-4eaf-8296-6f0ce59b5dd4.jpeg) ![Bizarre bird great potoo](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/409f58d1-285a-4764-b7d7-16ab4367c2a7/images/fa0657a7-8c3b-49e3-a9a2-700dfb736bb8.jpeg) The great potoo (Nyctibius grandis) is a nocturnal bird found throughout Central and South America. ![Bizarre bird great potoo](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/409f58d1-285a-4764-b7d7-16ab4367c2a7/images/40239fd1-6c50-440a-a234-b8e051872d29.jpeg) It is the largest of the seven potoo species, with a massive head, wide eyes, and cryptic plumage. ![Bizarre bird great potoo](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/409f58d1-285a-4764-b7d7-16ab4367c2a7/images/e710195c-4d7f-4736-9679-a8781cf51702.jpeg) They eat mostly huge insects like moths and beetles. They also consume tiny animals like bats and frogs. ![Bizarre bird great potoo](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/409f58d1-285a-4764-b7d7-16ab4367c2a7/images/d9b5c7fe-a98d-469e-a857-5b821ed9638b.jpeg) They have outstanding night vision and can identify prey from great distances. ![Bizarre bird great potoo](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/409f58d1-285a-4764-b7d7-16ab4367c2a7/images/f0d0beb9-b49d-4534-a863-6b3909594dc8.jpeg) The female lays two eggs. Both parents incubate the eggs, which hatch in around 30 days. After 45 days, the chicks leave the nest.

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