Common Potoo call. 

Imagine to listen to it in the jungle during the night. Sounds like a ghost :)

@@MarekJackowskiPhotographerSo that's the reason, why they're called as Ghost Bird

@Ryotamal - Eismagier - Oldsam should see a great potoo, they have large fully black eyes.

It's not at all like that it's freaky in person.

Emmmm… to me it seems like old people trying to laugh when they have something in their mouth n trying to suppress the laugh but the jokes too funny haha

Lol guess I’m not the only one searching for this

Yes, isn't it nice, I watched several that were fake.

Thank you, you can watch my video of nesting Potoo at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SIAIYSTOy7U.html

I agree! I was losing my patience trying to find an authentic Potoo call!

@@venera224 lol

Good catch!

Ooooo I didn't notice that, nice eyes you got there yourself

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Looked like Marty Feldman

Cartoonish

I agree. Found them cute from the first time and they got an awesome sound too, really odd, unique and quite soothing at the same time

I find them both terrifying and fascinating.

In some places in my country, their call is seen as a bad omen.

Sounds like a crying old woman

Because they call you for your cars extended warranty

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I do agree. Soon I will post a video of nesting Potoos. It is amazing to see how they camouflage on a single tree branch. You can see photos of it in my gallery: www.marekjackowski.net/p46791792

Wonderful unique eyesm

I always thought that they were adorably derpy looking. I almost never see real animals as creepy. I love the aye-aye, so cute and goofy.

I'm not creeped out by animals, only humans. And I think this bird is beautiful.

I find it interesting how some people interpret their call as comforting and nice while others think it's kind of haunting. I'm in between. It feels very melancholic to me but at the same time peaceful.

This would put me to sleep on a warm summer night in a minute

Potoo came for a little while and left. Never seen it again :) I was happy to make this footage. It was kind of mysterious.

Oooa ooo ooo o

I’m enjoying watching its eyes dilate and shrink seemingly at random

Me too - he’s beautiful and I wish he sang outside my window at night. Instead I hear owls which do sound a bit creepy

I did feel very homesick when i heard this, even though we dont have this bird on my home country 😓

@@nabri-nfg3262 you’re too thick to understand poetic expression

Well, let me tell you something interesting. That call does indeed sounds sad. In South America, where this bird is common, there is a legend surrounding it. The natives call this bird “Urutau”, and it is said that their origin is from the spirit of a baby whose mother was forced to abandon it in the woods to avoid it getting sick by a terrible plague, and to this day, every night it calls, cries and laments for their lost mother.

Humans: such a sublime sound, it echoes through my soul and forever etched in my mind Potoo: who's down tf?

@@nathi060200 damn.

My sentiments exactly, I'm 71 yrs. old and never heard of it. Now I am also watching all the videos I can find about it ! ❤️✌️🇨🇦

Have you gotten the email reply from him yet?

"Oh.. me.. a bird... what doooo.."

Thank you. I agree, Potoos are very special. I was so happy, that I saw it. 😀

yeah although it doesn't look anything like an owl... (at least to me)

I'm so relieved I wasn't the only one who was surprisingly bothered by an innocent mistake 😂

They still look like they’re rolling 10 days off a rave from too many red Mitsubishis

Thank you. They are not easy to spot. Have a look how they camouflage: www.marekjackowski.net/p46791792

Thank you so much Jodie :)

It's actually based off an ancient Youkai since Shinto believes that all inanimate objects hold a soul within.

@@AngraMainiiu I see, thank you!

Potoos are actually much more closely related to frogmouths than to owls :)

Nvdd, o Urutau é mais próximo dos beija-flores do que das corujas!

Pootoru

You are welcome. I am happy that you enjoy :)

It is a secret

With perfect lighting too!

Yoruuu

he swims in the stars and sees the face of god

Also by the fact that it's a noturn bird, it can see with closed eyes, so he can comouflage better from predators

Thank you :)

I was very lucky. The bird was comming from time to time close to the house where I was staying in Costa Rica.

Ghost of the jungle, makes the nights special :)

The first sound was maybe the Great Potoo, which is a different species of Potoo (there are 7), and makes that lower, bizarre sound.

Nah sounds more like "I'm not stupid!! I'm not!!!" To me.

@@crumbo9539 🤣🤣🤣

yep! the Northern Potoo. Far less gentle than their lookalike cousin, the Southern. Still as cute, though!

Thank You