Oilbird
Steatornis caripensisHumboldt, FWHA, 1817
English (US) Oilbird
The Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Steatornithidae (Oilbird) in the order Steatornithiformes.
Range: locally from Panama and northern South America including Trinidad to western BoliviaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Steatornis caripensis
- Order
- Steatornithiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Oilbird
- Described by
- Humboldt, FWHA, 1817
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Humboldt, FWHA, 1817
- Type locality
- Caverns of Caripe, Cumand, Venezuela.
- Original description
- Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomathique de Paris 4 p.52
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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