🌕Common Potoo the Ghost Bird🌕: The Living Legend of the🌳Forests🌳

Discover the fascinating world of the Urutau, known as the Ghost Bird, in this exciting video!
Immerse yourself in the mythology and reality of this enigmatic bird that inhabits the forests of South America.
From its perfect camouflage to its mysterious nocturnal song, the Urutau has captured the imagination of generations.
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This bird is not technically a Bird, because it does not belong to the order Passeriformes (Birds) but rather belongs to the order Caprimulgiformes.
Bird Description:
With grayish-brown plumage, with a fine black stripe on the crown, this robust nocturnal insectivore inhabits open forests and savannahs, but also the edges of jungles and near towns.
It can perch both in the tree canopy and in the lower layer of forests.
It captures its prey while flying with its mouth open.
His yellow eyes turn orange at night.
Its common name is onomatopoeic; His cry is very loud and pitiful, unmistakable.
Both sexes are similar.
It does not build a nest, depositing a single lilac-spotted egg on a tree stump or in a depression in a branch.
Both members of the pair incubate for about 33 days and feed the newly hatched chick by regurgitation.
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The legend of Urutaú
Kiyá and Urú were the children of two Guaraní chiefs whose tribes had hated each other for a long time.
The young people had grown up without knowing each other but, one time, Kiyá crossed paths with the girl who used to go out with her friends to see and listen to the birds on the river bank. Kiyá was dazzled by the beauty of Urú. And she asked who the handsome young man was.
“You should know,” one of her companions told her, “that this is Kiyá, the son of the enemy chief. Take care, because our sorcerers predicted that he will bring misfortune to the woman who loves him. Get him out of your thoughts, Uru!
It was too late for such a warning: she was madly in love with the young man.
From then on, they frequented the river bank, inventing casual encounters that, since they couldn't talk to each other, at least left them the comfort of a smile, a look.
Uru's father knew it. At the chief's pleas, the beautiful young woman agreed to forget Kiyá. However, from that day on her joy faded completely.
One morning they discovered that she had left. They looked for her everywhere, but there were no traces of the young woman. Someone suggested that she had fled with Kiyá.
The tribe prepared their weapons for war. But at dawn, Kiyá himself showed up and confronted the chief. -It is not fear that drives me to come since everyone knows our bravery. But I know that you are looking for Uru and I have come to tell you that she is not among us.
The young man withdrew and everyone was taken aback. Immediately they heard a very sweet song that came from the depths of the forest: it was the voice of Urú.
The men went out to look for her, organized in groups. It was discovered by the one who was guided by the oldest sorcerer in the tribe. The young woman was sitting on the branch of a tree, next to the river. She didn't recognize them. Poor Uru had gone crazy. Fearing that she would be frightened, the old man ordered the others to stay away and approached alone.
He began to speak softly to her but got no response. Suddenly, he remembered that he liked birds and told her about them.
-My birds… My birds are in the water. Let's go find them! -Uru said and, getting off the branch, he ran towards the river.
The witcher feared that he would throw himself into it. To make her react, he yelled at her:
-Listen to my words Uru: Kiyá died drowning in that same river.
A heartbreaking scream first erupted from Uru's throat. But immediately afterwards, her mad laughter echoed throughout the forest. Her beautiful figure began to transform until she was transformed into a bird, the urutaú.
Emitting his pitiful cry, which ended in a loud laugh, the urutaú flew over the heads of the frightened Guaraníes and was lost in the forest.
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Felicitaciones por otro gran video.

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Mil gracias Wilder.. 🖐 Saludos!

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Hello, a very nice movie and great to see him and hear his mysterious call!! Greetings Gijs

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Hello Gijs, we are glad you liked it. He really is a very mysterious little animal, thanks for commenting. Greetings!