oilbird

English

Etymology

From 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)
• Catalan: ocell de l'oli m
• Dutch: vetvogel (nl) m
• Finnish: rasvakehrääjä (fi)
• French: guacharo des cavernes m
• German: Fettschwalm m
• Italian: steatornite (it) m, guaciaro (it) m
• Japanese: 油夜鷹 (abura yotaka)
• Korean: 기름쏙독새 (gireumssokdoksae)
• Polish: tłuszczak (pl) m
• Russian: гуаха́ро m (guaxáro), жиря́к (ru) m (žirják)
• Spanish: guácharo m
• Swedish: oljefågel c