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Oilbird № 165

Oilbird

Steatornis caripensis

Lives by the thousand in pitch-dark caves and finds its way by clicking. In 1799 Humboldt found the Chaima of Caripe believed the cave held their ancestors' souls, and to join the guácharos meant to die.

Photo · Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0 · source · iNaturalist. Cropped and resized.

Call · Paul Coopmans · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · source · xeno-canto. Trimmed to 30 seconds, volume normalised.

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