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Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus Scientific name definitions

Peter Voudouris
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 9, 2015

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Distribution of the Common Potoo

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Voudouris, P. (2020). Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus), 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.compot1.01
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