Potoos of Costa Rica 

Thats a frog with feathers

Common potoo: Flute whistle Norther potoo: D E M O N Great potoo: MOOOOM

Other birds: have beaks that can be long and pointy Potoo: swings open the top and bottom half of their face like a muppet

When a owl and a frog had baby.

I love how everything about this bird looks wrong and slightly disturbing

Me: You look like a dead stick. Potoo: Thanks. You're so kind.

I was half asleep when this video started playing but I was wide awake when 00:46 played!! That call is terrifying! Imagine hearing that and not knowing what it was in the middle of the night in the jungle?? My goodness

common potoo call: mysterious, haunting, spooky northern potoo call: *murderous intent*

Bro, if I hear something like 0:46 when im walking alone in the woods, im leaving a trail of felled trees right into civilization. 💥🏃‍♂️

If I hear that call in the night... I'm calling Homeland security, the Vatican, police, fbi CIA, and my mother

The second call would be a cause for concern

Eyes closed: wise old sage Eyes open: village idiot

0:41 - That's a beautiful whistle! *_literally A second after_* *TF WAS THAT*

Something about that mouth/beak freaks me out.

They scream like demons and see through their eyelids.

In Peru, people believe potoos were kids who lost their mother and cry at night, like if they were heartbroken

Just when I thought the shoebill was the strangest bird, I find these one…Fantastic!

It looks like a studio ghibli bird

That bird when it yawned is just fucking hollow dude like wtf

One laughs at you, one screams a death cry and the other has just had enough of it all.

idk why i died laughing when he called the baby a fungus ball

03:41 background bird: num num num num the bird on screen: moooowwwm

" The baby just looks like a *fungus ball* " 2:49

So weird that the Northern Potoo's demon wail sounds exactly like me when I step on a Lego

"…smashing its prey to death." Do it like they do on the Discovery Channel.

They almost look like a hand puppet lol

mOOOOOooooOooMmMMM WHYD YOU TURN OFF THE WIFI

It looks like an unfinished muppet

Owls: Who!Who! Potoo: *summoning a demon

THIS IS NOW MY FAVORITE ANIMAL ITS SO DERPY OML THEY LITERALLY YELL MOOOOOM

Hadn't seen pootoos before, but oddly enough, we have a very similar bird in Australia called the Tawny Frogmouth. Has a nicer call, though. Nature is so amazing that it can produce two unrelated species on opposite sides of the planet that are so similar in appearance and habits.

Well this explains the "La Llorona" Myth. Now, we need to figure out the "El chupacabras".

I love the sounds they make, they're so funny. Goes well with how quirky they look.

THAT BIRD LOOKS LIKE A DAMN NIGHTMARE

🤣😂The comments have me in hysterics. Some were EXACTLY my thoughts in words.

The common one kinda sounds like Goofy when he falls off a cliff.

For some reason their shape when they're sitting in the trees reminds of me of a moth

MOOOOOOOOOOM

Cool video. Spotted my first common potoo last week. Perched on a dead tree stump and almost invisible. Best wishes from Panama 🇵🇦

Here in Brazil they are know as "Urutau" or "Mãe-da-lua" (Mother of the moon). There is this old legend that says if one of these sings while flying above your house, it means that you're going to die soon. In the northeast their sing is also known as "foi, foi, e não voltou", which means "went, went, and never came back".

The beautiful derp bird

Never seen such a strange bird before. Nature is splendid!!!

It’s like a grotesque cuteness. I can’t stop looking

Here in Australia we have a similar like bird called the Tawny frogmouth, they also look like a treebranch and have a huge mouth to swallow food. They too also have an unusual call.

I had to show my mom four RU-vid videos, a few Google images and a couple of Wikipedia pages to prove to her that the Potoo is, in fact, a real bird, and not an animatronic, puppet or CGI creature. I think they're adorable, by the way!❤❤❤❤❤

Why his mouth is SO LARGE??

Maybe I'm the only one who thinks these birds are oddly beautiful. They are a real life fantasy creature. I think their eyes look incredible when the pupils are fully dilated.

0:58 Its a rare sight, A bird howling. Lol

We were visited by a Nyctibius Griseus on a tree in our garden, here in Joinville, Brazil. When I realized that that piece of trunk was actually a bird, I almost died of fright! The song reminded me of a wailing ghost ...

Bet this bird started all the jungle ghost myth back in the past.

I am amazed, we have been to Costa Rica and saw many unusual species but not once were we informed about potoos ,they are absolutely fabulous aren't they?

Looks like a hand puppet!!😍

I don't have any money, so that makes me "potoo"! I am just discovering this beautiful bird, today, July 15 2021! It is now my second favorite next to the owl! My third favorite is the Brazilian Bell Bird even though he always yells at his girl! LOL.

If rebirth is indeed possible, I now want to come back as a dead branch, frog mouthed, screaming demon potoo and raise my own fungus ball young. Incredible, thank you for the video 🌹

They are freakin' precious!

They're beautiful

I love them. Adorable. That call….. supernatural.

Wow, how incredibly beautiful! Always saw these in my feed, but it's the first time watching a short doc about them :O The Lord really planned things to work out beautifully.

Wow so amazing. Need to cuddle him.😊

Some really excellent footage!

Those are some of the coolest birds in the world.

If I heard that cry in the middle of the night I might just light myself on fire because forget trying to run or locate the source, that's noise is just my final buzzer to let me know my time is up lol

I watched one up in a Breadfruit tree for several days, and kept wondering why I could not see the head of this "owl" clearly! BTW, now I know why Jamaicans call Owls "Patoos."

THE CALL DIFFERS *"MAAAWWWWMMMM MAWM MAWM MAAAAWWWWWMMMMM"*

Very interesting. I have never heard of this bird. Thank you for sharing this informative video.

2:37 When you forget to clear your search history

It’s the wall-eyed stare when you see them face on that gets me 😆

This is my new favorite creature. Never seen one b4 last week on youtube. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED VIDEOS TO RU-vid. 👍

Omg it’s so horrifying but I love it so much 😂😂😂

Excellent footage! Really impressive. Just a note that the Great also occurs throughout the Caribbean lowlands.

When the bird at the end said "mOoOm" I felt that.......haha

Fabulous! Thank you. First time I've ever seen or heard of these guys🙏🦉💚🐾

ok but like the lil frog birds are actually lowkey cute.

What an imagination god has.so beautiful and unique.Count Potoo

Love the casual 'this is a potoo (sad whistle noise) and this is a northern potoo (evil laughter)' cos listening to it without looking at the vid makes it seem like there is a guy holding two potoo birds, one is a sad stick and the other a possessed stick.

This is such a great video! Informative, great soundtrack, and humorous narrative.

What a fascinating bird! Thanks for sharing this awesome video. I enjoyed it very much. 👍

I really love these birds. They are so strange and cute. The sound they make is a bit disturbing though.

The sounds it makes are frightening! Can you imagine one if these outside your window?

Lovely! They look very similar to our tawny frogmouths in Australia.

I wasn’t expecting that scream 😂

This is why people get creeped out in the woods, they imagine the sound is from bigfoot.

That potoo was staring into my soul, I couldn't resist it.

2:30 Potoos' reaction to seeing a camera for the first time 😅🤣

Mmfg the calls are HAUNTING!

2:37 - Homerus Simpsonatus

Guy trying to climb a tree "This branch seems sturdy-" branch *demon noises*

Wow, amazing . This is the first time seeing these wonderful creatures

That's one of the craziest looking birds I've seen in a while here on RU-vid 😁 Not sure what to make off it yet : Stick Insect / Kameleon / Frog / Bird mix... but pretty cool documentary 👍👍👍

Sweet Mother of God! After that beautiful flute sound thing... there came hell!

Just when I thought that I had seen it all😂the world is simply amazing. I can't begin to fathom how many species there are yet to be discovered

Common Potoo: soft sobbing Northern Potoo: heavy sobbing Great Potoo: a gassy stomachache

Scariest bird I've ever seen

You can found this bird cry at night in “Genshin Impact” at the Chinese mountains area. It so spooky.

The melody they used is very beautiful.

woots. more info on a bird I'd only seen an image of. thank-you for the amazing commentary XD

Zefrank should do a video on this absolute unit! xD

It’s amazing how animals Glorify God

I really like this owl. I love their calls.

Awww they look so cute!! 🥺🥺