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OCELLATED POORWILL Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
A forest species that is easy enough to hear but a lot more difficult to see. With a preference for dense tangled vegetation, and often perching in the canopy you can spend several frustrating hours looking for eyeshine. If you do get lucky though and one sits out in the open you can confirm the identification with the extensive white in the tail and those eyecatching white spots on the underparts.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE851PH) Adult dark form ventral, Estancia Itabó, Departamento Caaguazú (Jerry Cooper April 2009).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE852PH) Adult rufous form lateral, PN San Rafael, Departamento Itapúa (Sjeff Ollers October 2009).
VIDEO - (FPAVE853VI) Adult rufous form, PN San Rafael, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith October 2010).
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Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
1 (FPAVE854RE) Call recorded Estancia Kanguery, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2006)
2 (FPAVE855RE) Call recorded Itabó Itaipú, Departamento Alto Paraná (Myriam Velázquez September 2000).
