A132_7368

Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
Mãe-da-lua, urutau-grande, chora-lua, ibijaú-guaçu, jurutau, manda-lua, urutago are the popular names that identify this bird in different regions. From the Nyctibiidae family, the ‘mother-of-the-moon’ is known for a unique type of moan that it emits at night, especially on moonlit nights. The vocalization is a serious and bizarre sound that has generated many legends in its regions, and a certain fear in those who are in the forest at night.
There has always been this bird near my house and it has always been very welcome and appreciated. There was even a time when I felt her absence and, on a full moon night, putting the vocalization on a stereo, in a short time the mother-of-the-moon manifested herself.

A132_7368 – Leonide Principe
Equipment: NIKON D2X with lens AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED set at 116 mm – Exposition: ISO: 100 – Aperture: 8 – Shutter: 1/15 – Program: Aperture Priority – Exp. Comp.: 0.0,
Original digital capture of a real life scene –
Original file size: 4320px x 2868px
Location: Paraná do Ariaú (Iranduba – Amazonas Brazil)
Date: February 23, 2011 – Time: 9:15:18 PM
Collection: – Persons shown: none
Keywords:
mãe-da-lua, Great Potoo, nictibios, Nyctibius grandis, Nyctibiidae, aves, birds, FAUNA, animals, paraná do Ariaú, Ariau paranaParana – (from the Tupi para’ ná, similar to the sea). The branch of a river that feeds water back into the same river downstream or into another river.  Paranás occur frequently In the Amazon Basin and many of them are densely populated.  , Iranduba, Amazonas, Amazônia, Amazon, Amazonian, Brazil, Brasil, Brazilian, América do Sul, South America
EN1 Great Potoo A132_7368
PT1 Mãe-da-lua A132_7368
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A132_7363

Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
I observed the potoo in the photo during several nights. Other times I found him in the forest, he was always on a dry trunk without leaves or branches, but I didn’t have good conditions to photograph, just to appreciate his special lament. It seems that he likes to stay at the end of a trunk with which he gets confused, but from what I have observed it is also a hunting strategy, as he dives into the void to capture his prey, in flight, and then returns to the end of the trunk. That’s how I got the photo for the cover of the article: when the ‘mother-of-the-moon’ dived in an attempt to hunt, I waited for her return with the camera lens pointed at the trunk. I fired the flash several times without the strong light bothering the bird, nor did my presence with only three meters away seem to disturb it, as I stayed in its proximity for more than an hour.

A132_7363 – Leonide Principe
Equipment: NIKON D2X with lens AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED set at 160 mm – Exposition: ISO: 100 – Aperture: 8 – Shutter: 1/15 – Program: Aperture Priority – Exp. Comp.: -0.7,
Original digital capture of a real life scene –
Original file size: 4320px x 2868px
Location: Paraná do Ariaú (Iranduba – Amazonas Brazil)
Date: February 22, 2011 – Time: 9:22:22 PM
Collection: – Persons shown: none
Keywords:
mãe-da-lua, Great Potoo, nictibios, Nyctibius grandis, Nyctibiidae, aves, birds, FAUNA, animals, paraná do Ariaú, Ariau parana, Iranduba, Amazonas, Amazônia, Amazon, Amazonian, Brazil, Brasil, Brazilian, América do Sul, South America, urutau-grande
EN2 Great Potoo A132_7363
PT2 Mãe-da-lua A132_7363
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A132_7368a

Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
The vertical framing of the cover photo is done for eventual layout needs. Ideally, this framing should be carried out during the shooting phase, but as this is not always possible, sometimes, out of necessity, the image can be produced by software. The vertical image as well as the horizontal one, both are advisable in the service of Archival Photography.

A132_7368a – Leonide Principe
Equipment: NIKON D2X with lens 70-200mm f/2.8 set at 116 mm – Exposition: ISO: 100 – Aperture: 8 – Shutter: 1/15 – Program: Aperture Priority – Exp. Comp.: 0.0,
Original digital capture of a real life scene – Originally horizontal. I changed the layout to vertical
Original file size: 3738px x 5607px
Location: Paraná do Ariaú (Iranduba – Amazonas Brazil)
Date: February 23, 2011 – Time: 9:15:18 PM
Collection: – Persons shown: none
Keywords:
mãe-da-lua, Great Potoo, nictibios, Nyctibius grandis, Nyctibiidae, aves, birds, FAUNA, animals, paraná do Ariaú, Ariau parana, Iranduba, Amazonas, Amazônia, Amazon, Amazonian, Brazil, Brasil, Brazilian, América do Sul, South America, urutau-grande
EN3 Great Potoo A132_7368a
PT3 Mãe-da-lua A132_7368a
© – Leonide Principe, all right reserved
https://leonideprincipe.photos