anitáaki nɨɨsina ‘huangana gavilán’ or Great Potoo, nocturnal bird species whose [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Literal Meaning	white-lipped peccary eagle
Root	anitáaki nɨɨsina

• • ‘huangana gavilán’ or Great Potoo, nocturnal bird species whose grunting call, characterized as similar to the grunting of the White-Lipped Peccary (<anitáaki>), is heard much more frequently than the bird is seen. Over 50cm in length and mottled-gray-brown in color, it has a short but very broad beak and large eyes that reflect light at night. It typically perches on a dead tree or stump during the day in a distinctive upright posture that camouflages it as a branch of the tree or as the tip of the trunk on which it is perched

  Scientific Name

  Nyctibius grandis

Related entries

• Subentry:
  • anitáaki ‘huangana’, the larger of the two peccary species, superficially similar to a wild pig. The <anitáaki> was traditionally a very important game animal
  • nɨɨsina raptor, general term for raptors such as eagles and hawks, especially the larger members of this class of bird