- Steatornithidae, and the
order Steatornithiformes.
Nesting in
colonies in caves,
oilbirds are
nocturnal feeders on the
fruits of the oil palm and
tropical laurels...
- (nightjars,
nighthawks and allies),
Nyctibiidae (potoos),
Steatornithidae (
oilbirds),
Podargidae (frogmouths),
Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds), as well...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
Steatornithiformes (
oilbird)...
-
Caprimulgiformes as only
applying to nightjars, with potoos, frogmouths,
oilbirds, and owlet-nightjars all
being reclassified into
their own orders. See...
- Caprimulgidae:
nightjars South America; 1
species Family Steatornithidae:
oilbird Americas; 7
species Family Nyctibiidae:
potoos Asia and Australasia; 14...
- in 1799 by
Alexander von Humboldt, who
realised that the
thousands of
oilbirds (guácharos in Spanish;
scientific name
Steatornis caripensis)
which live...
- in the
Northern Range of
Trinidad and Tobago. The
Caves are home to the
Oilbirds.
These are the only
nocturnal fruit eating birds in the world. They forage...
