-
ratio and low wing-loading, all to make the
oilbird capable of
flying at low speeds. The eyes of
oilbirds are
highly adapted to
nocturnal foraging. The...
-
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...
- happen, but here the
hearing sensitivity is also
reduced close to a target.
Oilbirds and some
species of
swiftlet are
known to use a
relatively crude form of...
-
Steatornithidae is an
family of
birds containing a
single extant species, the
oilbird. It also
contains the
extinct genus Euronyctibius.
Steatornithidae is currently...
- (nightjars,
nighthawks and allies),
Nyctibiidae (potoos),
Steatornithidae (
oilbirds),
Podargidae (frogmouths),
Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds), as well...
-
Caprimulgiformes as only
applying to nightjars, with potoos, frogmouths,
oilbirds, and owlet-nightjars all
being reclassified into
their own orders. See...
- &
Field named the two
major subclades of this group, with
Sedentaves (
oilbirds and potoos) and
Letornithes (frogmouths, owlet-nightjars, swifts, and hummingbirds)...
- 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...
-
Nyctibiiformes (potoos)
Steatornithiformes (
oilbirds)...
- Caprimulgidae:
nightjars South America; 1
species Family Steatornithidae:
oilbird Americas; 7
species Family Nyctibiidae:
potoos Asia and Australasia; 14...
