Site Report: Oilbird Cave
Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis)
Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis)
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Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis)
Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis)
Cave
Visits
- 2023-07-30: It was a very long drive to arrive at the oilbird cave. I was expecting to have to crawl around in mud or climb up some dangerous ladder, but none of that was necessary. The oilbirds are right there next to the road.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (10 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(10 records)
Class: Birds
(10 records)
- Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
- Pallid Dove (Leptotila pallida)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Oilbirds
- Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Bronze-winged Parrot (Pionus chalcopterus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(4 records)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
- Family: Wrens
- Whiskered Wren (Pheugopedius mystacalis)