Oilbird

• sentidosIt is one of the few birds known to echolocate in pitch-dark caves, using clicks audible to the human ear, much as bats do.
• It is one of the very few birds in the world that echolocates: it gives series of clicks audible to people and uses them to navigate inside caves in total darkness.
• The chicks put on so much fat that they come to weigh twice as much as an adult, and for centuries they were harvested in Venezuela and boiled down for cooking oil, a practice that gave the Cueva del Guácharo its name.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Deep caves for nesting; it feeds in the rainforests and montane forests of South America and Trinidad

Sexual maturity

2 years

Gestation / incubation

33 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

3 eggs

Sources consulted: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | https://animaldiversity.org/ | https://es.wikipedia.org/

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.