guacharo

A nocturnal, fruit-eating bird native to South America, whose fatty young produce an oil used as a substitute for butter.

• 🇩🇪Nachtaktiver, fruchtfressender Vogel Südamerikas, dessen fette Jungvögel ein als Butterersatz genutztes Öl liefern.

1. Oilbird C2 formal scientific

   A nocturnal, fruit-eating bird native to South America whose young produce a high-fat oil that has traditionally been used as a substitute for butter.

   • The guacharo inhabits deep caves in northern South America and Trinidad.
   • Indigenous communities historically collected oil from guacharo chicks for cooking and lighting.
   • Birdwatchers often travel to Venezuela to observe the guacharo's unique echolocation behavior.
   • The guacharo's oily young were once rendered down to produce a butter-like substance.

   🇩🇪Fettschwalm

   Synonyme: oilbird

• guacharos plural form
• guacharos' possessive plural form
• guacharo's possessive singular form