Species from the Peruvian Jungle

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English  Name: Common Potoo
Scientific Name: Nyctibius Griseus

Quichua Name: Illucu

Size: 38cm long

Life span: 

Diet: Moths, grasshoppers, bugs, and beetles
 

Predators: 
 

Adaptations: it rests during the day and stays in a position that makes it look like a broken branch 
 

Interesting Facts:
 
 
 

 Bibliography
"Tobago home for birds" 12 Mar. 2003 <http://www.tobago.htm/folk/bm001bird-c-l.htm#comp>

"Juri Jyri Bird & Mammal List" 12 Mar. 2003 <members.tripod.com/jurijuri/animalst.html>