Smooth Billed Ani

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Ubatuba November 2009

Bird name: Smooth Billed Ani
Latin: Crotophaga ani
Other: Ani de pico liso (Es) • Anu-preto (Br)
Family: Cuculidae • Anis
Range: Florida to Argentina

No mistaking the Smooth-billed Ani with its prehistoric profile. Found in most of South and Central America excluding Chile and the southern tip. A gregarious bird in the cuckoo family, often found near humans and farms.

The Smooth-billed Ani has dark eyes, unlike the Greater Ani. It can also use communal nests with many females laying eggs in one large nest.





Below: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Gamboa, Panama, April 2010


Above: Ubatuba November 2009