This potoo is a master of camouflage

[AndreaJames]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/12/10/this-potoo-is-a-master-of-camouflage.html

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[gracchus]

Now that I know about this bird, it’s as much a “must-see” in Costa Rica as the Resplendent Quetzal – assuming you can, y’know, see it.

[longtimelurker]

My favorite camo pic.

“Yeah, go ahead and try to come into your house! I’m hungry”.

[Mister44]

Wow. What a neat bird. That has to be the laziest nest, but I guess it make sense they lay eggs on broken branches and then can sit on them pretending to be a branch.

Also - that mouf!

[AnthonyI]

I hope the bird returns to the egg. It doesn’t take much to spook a bird to the point that they abandon their nest.

[euansmith]

That is the least convincing Muppet I’ve ever seen.

@AnthonyI The video ends with adult and hatched chic sitting on the fence post. However, I agree; this sort of situation calls for a long lens.

[Mister44]

Didn’t you watch the 2nd half? There is its baby also being a stick.

“Like this mommy?”

“Yes, straight up like a stick. No peeping.”

[j_baskin]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful creature

Another great example of convergent muppet-form evolution!

[gabe_oakes]

You obviously didn’t stick around (although it really is “skip ahead past the 30s of pointlessly focusing on an egg”) to see the pair of them.

[TheirFeldspars]

Potoooooooo?

[cannibalpeas]

@Mister44

That has to be the laziest nest

I guess if you’re going to go about laying eggs on fence posts you’d better have some bangin’ camo.

[wolfman_al2]

I love those goofy looking birds and their abillity to transform from a broken branch into a muppet within seconds.

[p96]

@AndreaJames

Keep watching to the end for a happy ending

The ending I was expecting:

[leicester]

Via r/worldbuilding:

[knoxblox]

Two common potoos sittin’ in a tree
U-N-B-L-I-N-K-I-N-G

[FGD135]

[Sludge]

Potoo that votoo that yo do so well.

[shambalor]

“Why does the Porridge Bird lay its egg in the air?”