Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Nyctibiidae
Genus
Nyctibius
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
This is a historic version of this account.   Current version

Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis

Daniel Gu, Robert A. Behrstock, and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published March 21, 2014

References

Introduction

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Recommended Citation

Gu, D., R. A. Behrstock, and T. S. Schulenberg (2014). Northern Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.norpot1.01
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