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- Title
Notes on the roosting site, foraging behaviour, and plumage crypsis of the Rufous Potoo (Nyctibius bracteatus) from the Ecuadorian Amazon.
- Authors
Solano-Ugalde, Alejandro
- Abstract
Here I describe three roosting sites of Nyctibius bracteatus (Rufous Potoo) found in the Ecuadorian Amazon, provide data on foraging behavior, and discuss plumage crypsis. Most noteworthy is the combination of field data to support a leaf mimicry hypothesis in the plumage of this little known species of potoo. Giving the nocturnal activity of the family Nyctibiidae, information remains scarce, for which reason further studies are encourage.
- Subjects
POTOOS; ROOSTING; BIRD behavior; FORAGING behavior; MIMICRY (Biology); BIRD defenses
- Publication
Boletin SAO, 2011, Vol 20, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0123-9082
- Publication type
Article