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Great Potoo and baby This is the most extraordinary example of camouflage I have ever seen - even up close, to say nothing of from a distance, you really cannot distinguish this bird from the trunk and branches of the tree. Our guide said that when she had been at this location in the Pantanal a few months ago, the baby had not been born so this was a real treat. Great potoo,Nyctibius grandis Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Great Potoo and baby

This is the most extraordinary example of camouflage I have ever seen - even up close, to say nothing of from a distance, you really cannot distinguish this bird from the trunk and branches of the tree. Our guide said that when she had been at this location in the Pantanal a few months ago, the baby had not been born so this was a real treat.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Absolutely stunning, incredible find! Posted 9 years ago
    1. View LeslieLMG's profile
      LeslieLMG
      Eagle Owl
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      It really was astonishingly wonderful. The day before, from a boat on a river, we saw a Great Potoo up in a tree. It was a quite a distance away and even with pretty decent binoculars, I never would have known he was there had not the guide patiently helped me find him. To see a mother and baby from just a few yards away a couple of days later was really a gift. Posted 9 years ago
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    englishindiangirl
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    Lovely shot. It's really difficult to distinguish them from dead branches and tree bark. Posted 9 years ago

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The Great potoo

The great potoo is a bird, both the largest potoo species and the largest member of the order Caprimulgiformes. It occurs in tropical America.

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Uploaded Feb 9, 2016. Captured Oct 17, 2015 12:02.
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  • Canon PowerShot SX700 HS
  • f/6.3
  • 1/1244s
  • ISO1600
  • 109.237mm

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