Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Czech | potu velký |
Dutch | Vale Reuzennachtzwaluw |
English | Great Potoo |
English (United States) | Great Potoo |
French | Grand Ibijau |
French (France) | Grand Ibijau |
German | Riesentagschläfer |
Japanese | オオタチヨタカ |
Norwegian | storpotu |
Polish | nocolot wielki |
Portuguese (Brazil) | urutau-grande |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Mãe-da-lua-gigante |
Russian | Исполинский уратао |
Serbian | Veliki potu |
Slovak | lelkovec veľký |
Spanish | Nictibio Grande |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Nictibio Grande |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Nictibio (Puntepalo) Grande |
Spanish (Honduras) | Pájaro Estaca Mayor |
Spanish (Mexico) | Pájaro Estaca Mayor |
Spanish (Panama) | Nictibio Grande |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Urutaú grande |
Spanish (Peru) | Nictibio Grande |
Spanish (Spain) | Nictibio grande |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Nictibio Grande |
Swedish | större poto |
Turkish | Büyük Putu |
Ukrainian | Поту великий |
Nyctibius grandis (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Caprimulgus grandis
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.1029.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cayenne.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NYCTIBIUS
- grandis
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Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis Scientific name definitions
Kimberly Adams
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 28, 2011
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 28, 2011
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
Authors
Kimberly Adams
Recommended Citation
Adams, K. (2020). Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.grepot1.01
Neotropical Birds
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Version 1.0
- January 28, 2011
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
Authors
Kimberly Adams
Revisors
Kimberly Adams
Recommended Citation
Adams, K. (2011). Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.grepot1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- December 30, 2012
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
Authors
Mario Cohn-Haft and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Cohn-Haft, M. and G. M. Kirwan (2012). Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.