Where do potoos usually perch during the day?

During the day, potoos are arboreal birds that remain motionless to rely on their cryptic plumage, which resembles tree bark, to avoid detection. They typically perch vertically or upright on the top of a stump, a broken branch, or a knob on an upwardly inclined limb.123

When resting, they appear virtually indistinguishable from the dead branches they occupy. If alarmed during daylight hours, they adopt a specific "broken branch" posture by flattening their feathers, stretching their bills upward, and nearly closing their eyes. While some members of the order Caprimulgiformes roost on the ground or lengthwise along branches, potoos are distinct in their preference for these upright, stump-like perching positions.23