guacharo

• 一种夜行性食果鸟，产于南美洲，其幼鸟体胖，所提炼的油脂可作黄油代用品。

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

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   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.

   油鸱

   • 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.

   同义词oilbird