Least ConcernSouthern Tamandua
Tamandua tetradactyla
Birds · Nyctibiiformes · Nyctibiidae
Nyctibius grandis
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The great potoo is the largest of the potoos and an absolute master of camouflage. By day it perches upright on the end of a stump or a broken branch, stretches its neck, closes its eyes and becomes completely motionless: its mottled plumage turns it into an extension of the wood, indistinguishable from a few metres away. At night it hunts large insects from a perch, launching out and returning to the same spot. It lays a single egg straight onto a depression in a stump, with no nest at all.
Weight
360 g – 680 g
Size
48 cm – 60 cm
Life expectancy
15 years
Diet
Insectivore
Feeds mainly on insects and other invertebrates.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: Wikipedia (en): Great potoo
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 68.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Great Potoo — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about great potoo.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
