- The
oilbird (Steatornis caripensis),
locally known as the guácharo, is a bird
species found in the
northern areas of
South America including the Caribbean...
-
Cueva de los
Tayos (Spanish, "Cave of the
Oilbirds") is a cave
located on the
eastern slopes of the
Andes mountains in the Morona-Santiago
province of...
- (nightjars,
nighthawks and allies),
Nyctibiidae (potoos),
Steatornithidae (
oilbirds),
Podargidae (frogmouths),
Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds), as well...
- Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Frogmouths,
Oilbird, potoos, nightjars". IOC
World Bird List
Version 12.1.
International Ornithologists'...
- not
support the
previous ****umption that it was
closely related to the
oilbirds. The
study also
found a
great deal of
genetic divergence between the species...
-
Caprimulgus macrurus schlegelii Australian owlet-nightjar,
Aegotheles cristatus Oilbird,
Steatornis caripensis Nightingale Nightjar Crepuscular, a classification...
-
Steatornithiformes (
oilbird) Letornithes...
- Caprimulgidae:
nightjars South America; 1
species Family Steatornithidae:
oilbird Americas; 7
species Family Nyctibiidae:
potoos Asia and Australasia; 14...
- They
range from the many
species of
hummingbird to the cave-dwelling
oilbird (which uses echo-location to fly in the dark) and the
scarlet ibis. The...
- two cave-dwelling bird
groups echolocate,
namely cave
swiftlets and the
oilbird. Some prey
animals that are
hunted by
echolocating bats take
active countermeasures...
