Potoos 🐦‍⬛

Potoos

Potoos (family Nyctibiidae ) are a group of birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are sometimes called poor-me-ones , after their haunting calls. The family Nyctibiidae was formerly included with the nightjars in the order Caprimulgiformes but is now placed in a separate order, Nyctibiiformes . There are seven species in two genera in tropical Central and South America. Fossil evidence indicates that they also inhabited Europe during the Paleogene.