Caprimulgiformes

Oilbird (Steatornithidae)

HBW 5, p. 244 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 5 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Large nocturnal fruit-eating birds, with hooked bill, wide gape, long wings and tail, and short legs.
• NW South America to Trinidad.
• Roosts and nests gregariously in caves, locally from sea-level up to 3400 m; feeds in subtropical forests.
• 1 genus, 1 species, 1 taxon.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.