caprimulgiform bird

bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Caprimulgiformes, order Caprimulgiformes - goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds

caprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar - mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects

frogmouth - insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth

guacharo, oilbird, Steatornis caripensis - nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter