TABLE 2 in Breeding ecology of Rufous Potoo Nyctibius bracteatus in central Amazonian Brazil

<p>TABLE 2 Adult and chick behaviour and plumage development at the nest in 2015, from the first days after hatching until the day the young left the nest.</p><table><tbody><tr><th>Date</th><th>Behaviour</th><th>Chick appearance</th></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th>28/9/2015</th><td>Nestling observed for first time; adult perched nearby.</td><td>Basically pale beige.</td></tr><tr><th>29/9/2015</th><td>Adult and nestling on nest. Nestling more active and visible (head protruding from adult&rsquo;s belly)</td><td>Basically white.</td></tr><tr><th>9/10/2015</th><td>Nestling partially visible. Both birds observed making the rocking motion. Adult alert while chick constantly scratched and defecated.</td><td>Pale; no feathers on face; wings and tail rachis developing. First feathers light brown with dark brown tips.</td></tr><tr><th>14/10/2015</th><td>Adult and nestling observed stretching their wings and performing rocking movements.</td><td>Face and body with mid-brown feathers and more dark brown tips noted. Medium brown primaries also had dark tips.</td></tr><tr><th>16/10/2015</th><td>Adult facing differently and chick more obvious. This was the last time we saw the adult brooding the fledging by day.</td><td>Darker, especially on the back. Both wings and tail longer. All feather tips darker, almost black.</td></tr><tr><th>19/10/2015</th><td>Nestling observed alone on nest for first time. One adult was seen perched on a horizontal branch <i>c</i>. 20m away.</td><td>Longer contour feathers with darker tips noted. Difference between darker back and paler belly easily visible. The pointed feathers over the eyes, evident on adults, now present. Iris brighter than a few days earlier.</td></tr><tr><th>25/10/2015</th><td>Chick notably larger and performing a rocking motion. No adults seen.</td><td>Rufous coloration, predominant in adults, starting to be evident, especially on wing and tail feathers. First white spots on back and wings now visible.</td></tr><tr><th>1/11/2015</th><td>An adult fed the young at dusk a few times, remaining less than a minute at the nest.</td><td>Rufous colour, especially on primaries and tail, more evident. Smaller black spots on feather tips and more white feathers with black tips visible. Some bars on tail.</td></tr><tr><th>7/11/2015</th><td>The last day when the chick was observed at the nest.</td><td>Rufous tail feathers much longer and barred. Also, wings longer, and secondaries had some narrow bars. Body feathers in general darker and uniform, with some brighter brown feathers on belly.</td></tr><tr><th>9/11/2015</th><td>Fledgling seen away from nest, perched on a branch <i>c</i>. 3 m from the nest and lower than it.</td><td>Very long and heavily barred tail feathers, more rufous on back and head. Primaries light brown and secondaries rufous with black tips.</td></tr></tbody></table>