35 MOST Common Birds in Connecticut! (2026)

Common potoos are 34–38 cm long with molted red-brown, white, black, and grey cryptic plumage. This disruptive coloration allows the potoo to camouflage into branches. The sexes appear similar, and cannot be distinguished upon observation. The eyes can appear as giant black dots with a small yellow ring, or as giant yellow irises with small pupils due to voluntary pupil constriction. The potoo has two to three slits in the eyelid so that it can see when the eyelids are closed; these notches are

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