oilbird

English

Etymology

From oil +‎ bird.

Noun

oilbird (plural oilbirds)

1. A nocturnal South American bird, of the species Steatornis caripensis of the order Steatornithiformes, 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