Steatornis (Noun)
Meaning
Type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The oilbird, also known as Steatornis, is the only living member of its family and the order Steatornithiformes that it has come to occupy all to itself.
- A team of zoologists announced they spotted several rare specimens of the genus Steatornis thriving deep in an almost uncharted jungle area.
- For almost an entire decade of field observations, scientists were able to record migratory routes traveled each year by these extremely isolated groups of the Steatornis genus.
- Steatornis can be noted in the nocturnal sections of the zoological exhibits where these creatures live in large colonies inside controlled replicas of their cave-habitat.
- Due to rapid environmental degradation worldwide, species belonging to Steatornis have been observed shifting diets in at least three occasions in recent decades.