Andean Potoo
Nyctibius maculosusRidgway, R, 1912
English (US) Andean Potoo
The Andean Potoo (Nyctibius maculosus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Nyctibiidae (Potoos) in the order Nyctibiiformes.
Range: locally in Andes of eastern Colombia to western Venezuela and western BoliviaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nyctibius maculosus
- Family
- Nyctibiidae (Potoos)
- Order
- Nyctibiiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Andean Potoo
- Described by
- Ridgway, R, 1912
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Ridgway, R, 1912
- Type locality
- Ambato, Ecuador.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 25 p.92
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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