potoo

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English

Noun

potoo (plural potoos)

  1. (birds) Any species of the genus Nyctibius related to the nightjars (same order Caprimulgiformes), and found from southern Mexico to southern Brazil.
northern potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)