nɨɨsina raptor, general term for raptors such as eagles and hawks, [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Root	nɨɨsina

• • raptor, general term for raptors such as eagles and hawks, especially the larger members of this class of bird

  Scientific Name

  Accipitridae

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  • 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