Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides), relies on excellent camouflage, looking like a broken branch and assuming narrow eye slits to remain unnoticed

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Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides), relies on excellent camouflage, looking like a broken branch and assuming narrow eye slits to remain unnoticed during its resting period in the daytime. It hunts at Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

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