| If disturbed by a human being, its behaviors can be quite variable - quickly flying away, intimidation via beak-opening, or remaining still even when being touched | 2003 : New and noteworthy bird records from the northern sector of the Western Andes of Colombia |
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| It avoids cooler regions; it is rarely observed over 1,900 m even in the hottest parts of its range | The sexes appear similar, and cannot be distinguished upon observation |
Until recently, the common potoo was said to range from Mexico south to the lowlands of central South America.
27| This allows the potoo to camouflage into branches | 2008 : Three new species and novel distributional data for birds in Uruguay |
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Description [ ] Common potoos are 34—38 cm long with motled red-brown, white, black, and grey cryptic plumage.
13| This call greatly differs from that of much deeper and more dramatic northern potoo | While the parents are away from the nest, the fledgling begins to feed on nearby flies and preen itself |
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| In 2016, though, the species was subdivided into the and the continuing branch of the common potoo, which only retains residence from to northern and | Parents gradually decrease their presence in the nest with the juvenile as it matures |