Oilbird - Steatornis caripensis
Guacharo des cavernes
Comment : These birds breed colonially in caves. The series of images here were shot by the light of a handtorch at Dunstan Cave at the Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad (flash photography is forbidden) -this is the most accessible Oilbird colony in the world.
Gallery : © Steve Garvie
Site web : RAINBIRDER
Order : Caprimulgiformes
Family : Steatornithidae
Species : Oilbird
Age : Adult
Plumage : Breeding
Reference: stga48704
Other pictures
date : mai 2006
Geographic data
Country : Trinidad and Tobago (td)
Region : County of Saint George
Place : Asa Wright Nature Centre
Latitude : 10° 43' 48'' North
Longitude : 61° 17' 53'' West
Exif data
Model : Canon 1D mkII
Exposure : 1/15s s
Aperture : f4
Focal : 500 mm
Iso : 1600
Flash : no
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