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Definition of Steatornis caripensis
1. Noun. Nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter.
Generic synonyms: Caprimulgiform Bird
Group relationships: Genus Steatornis, Steatornis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steatornis Caripensis
Literary usage of Steatornis caripensis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"This is the well- known " oil bird," the steatornis caripensis of science, and
also called the guacharo by the natives, who enter every season the caves ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1905)
"Morse, E. 1872. On the Tarsus and Carpus of Birds. Am. Lye. NY Müller, J. 1841.
Über die Anatomie des steatornis caripensis. Monatsber. dk Akad. der wiss. ..."
3. Reports on Zoology for 1843, 1844 by Andreas Johann Wagner, Franz Hermann Troschel, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1847)
"... the eggs of steatornis caripensis present the closest similarity with those
of Owls, and especially of Strix flammea, O. des Murs (Rev. Zool. ..."
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