Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | ocell de l'oli |
Czech | gvačaro jeskynní |
Dutch | Vetvogel |
English | Oilbird |
English (United States) | Oilbird |
French | Guacharo des cavernes |
French (France) | Guacharo des cavernes |
German | Fettschwalm |
Icelandic | Spikfugl |
Japanese | アブラヨタカ |
Norwegian | fettfugl |
Polish | tłuszczak |
Portuguese (Brazil) | guácharo |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Guácharo |
Russian | Гуахаро |
Serbian | Uljana ptica (guačaro) |
Slovak | guačaro jaskynný |
Spanish | Guácharo |
Spanish (Chile) | Guácharo |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Guácharo |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Guácharo |
Spanish (Panama) | Guácharo |
Spanish (Peru) | Guácharo |
Spanish (Spain) | Guácharo |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Guácharo |
Swedish | oljefågel |
Turkish | Yağkuşu |
Ukrainian | Гуахаро |
Oilbird Steatornis caripensis
Andrés A. del Risco and Alejandra Echeverri
Version: 1.0 — Published July 8, 2011
Version: 1.0 — Published July 8, 2011
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Vocalizations
Often very noisy. Oilbirds make a variety of screams, snarls and snoring sounds (Hilty and Brown 1986, Hilty 2003). Contact call in flight when foraging away from caves karr-karr or kuk-kuk (Snow 1961). They utter echolocating clicks (between 1-15 kHz, audible to humans) inside of caves; the clicks are produced with a bilaterally asymmetrical bronchial syrinx. Clicks last 40-80 ms and are uttered at a rate of up to 10-12 clicks per second (Bosque 2002).
Nonvocal Sounds
None reported.