Steatornithidae

{{Short description|Family of birds}}

{{automatic taxobox

|image=Roosting Oilbirds.jpg

|image_caption=Oilbirds (Steatornis caripensis)

|parent_authority = Mayr, 2010

|taxon=Steatornithidae

|authority=Bonaparte, 1842

|display_parents=2

|subdivision_ranks=Genera

|subdivision=

• {{extinct}}Euronyctibius
• Steatornis}}

Steatornithidae is an family of birds comprising a single extant species, the oilbird (Steatornis caripensis) and the extinct genus Euronyctibius.{{cite journal| last= Mourer-Chauviré| first= Cécile | year=2013| title=New data concerning the familial position of the genus Euronyctibius (Aves, Caprimulgiformes) from the paleogene of the Phosphorites du Quercy, France| journal= Paleontological Journal| volume= 47| number=2013| pages= 1315–1322| doi= 10.1134/S0031030113110117 | url= https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0031030113110117}}

Steatornithidae is currently considered the only member of the order Steatornithiformes, however, in the past, it was classified in the order Caprimulgiformes, along with all other members of the clade Strisores. Prior to the Hackett et al.{{Cite journal |last=Hackett |first=Shannon J. |last2=Kimball |first2=Rebecca T. |last3=Reddy |first3=Sushma |last4=Bowie |first4=Rauri C. K. |last5=Braun |first5=Edward L. |last6=Braun |first6=Michael J. |last7=Chojnowski |first7=Jena L. |last8=Cox |first8=W. Andrew |last9=Han |first9=Kin-Lan |last10=Harshman |first10=John |last11=Huddleston |first11=Christopher J. |last12=Marks |first12=Ben D. |last13=Miglia |first13=Kathleen J. |last14=Moore |first14=William S. |last15=Sheldon |first15=Frederick H. |date=2008-06-27 |title=A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1157704 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=320 |issue=5884 |pages=1763–1768 |doi=10.1126/science.1157704 |issn=0036-8075}} phylogeny most taxonomies circumscribed Caprimulgiformes as a paraphyletic comprising the nocturnal strisoreans.