Family Steatornithidae Bonaparte 1842 (oilbird)
Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Steatornithidae
Parent taxon: Caprimulgi according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Olson 1987
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Preficinae Steatornis Steatornithinae
Ecology: volant frugivore
Distribution: found only at Fisher/Sullivan Site (Eocene of Virginia)