- Steatornithidae, and the
order Steatornithiformes.
Nesting in
colonies in caves,
oilbirds are
nocturnal feeders on the
fruits of the oil palm and
tropical laurels...
-
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...
- (nightjars,
nighthawks and allies),
Nyctibiidae (potoos),
Steatornithidae (
oilbirds),
Podargidae (frogmouths),
Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds), as well...
- &
Field named the two
major subclades of this group, with
Sedentaves (
oilbirds and potoos) and
Letornithes (frogmouths, owlet-nightjars, swifts, and hummingbirds)...
-
Steatornithidae is an
family of
birds comprising a
single extant species, the
oilbird (Steatornis caripensis) and the
extinct genus Euronyctibius. Steatornithidae...
-
demonstrated to hear
infrasound (below 20 Hz) and a few cave-dwelling
swifts and
oilbirds emit
ultrasound (above 20 KHz) and
echolocate in darkness. A few species...
-
Strisores Caprimulgiformes (nightjars and relatives)
Steatornithiformes (
oilbirds)
Nyctibiiformes (potoos)
Podargiformes (frogmouths)
Aegotheliformes (owlet-nightjars)...
- in 1799 by
Alexander von Humboldt, who
realised that the
thousands of
oilbirds (guácharos in Spanish;
scientific name
Steatornis caripensis)
which live...
- The
oilbird is a slim, long-winged bird
related to the nightjars. It is
nocturnal and a
specialist feeder on the
fruit of the oil palm.
Oilbird, Steatornis...
