oilbird

English

Etymology

oil +‎ bird

Noun

oilbird (plural oilbirds)

1. Steatornis caripensis, a nocturnal South American bird related to the nightjars that feeds on the fruit of the oil palm and tropical laurels.

Translations

Steatornis caripensis

• Bulgarian: гуахаро n (guaharo)
• Dutch: vetvogel (nl) m
• Finnish: rasvakehrääjä (fi)
• French: guacharo des cavernes m
• Polish: tłuszczak (pl) m
• Russian: гуаха́ро m (guaxáro), жиря́к (ru) m (žirják)
• Swedish: oljefågel c