# Cueva de los Tayos

- **Access:** Restricted
- **Length:** 4.6 km
- **Geology:** Limestone & shale
- **Alt Name:** Cueva de los Tayos de Coangos
- **Language:** Spanish
- **Location:** Morona-Santiago Province
- **Discovery:** Precolumbian era
- **Elevation:** 539 m
- **Translation:** Cave of the Oilbirds
- **Photo Caption:** Cueva de los Tayos

Cueva de los Tayos (Spanish, "Cave of the Oilbirds") is a cave located on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains in the Morona-Santiago province of Ecuador. It owes its name to being the home of the native nocturnal birds called tayos (Steatornis caripensis), which live in numerous caves in the Andean jungles of South America.

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**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cueva_de_los_Tayos (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)