Order: Caprimulgiformes | Family: Nyctibiidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lambayeque, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast, Peru
Status: The Common Potto is fairly common and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 2000 m along the foothill of the Andes. It is also rare in the semideciduous forest of Northwest Peru. The Common Potoo also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Nictibio Común.
Sub-species: Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus panamensis) Ridgway, 1912.
(Nyctibius griseus griseus), J. F. Gmelin 1789.
Meaning of Name: Nyctibius: Gr. Nuktos: night and bioō: to live. griseus: L griseus= gray..

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.