Anis
Smooth Billed Ani
14 June 2010 19:49
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 • Ammo Ponds, Panama, April 2010
Above: Ubatuba November 2009 More photos...
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Greater Ani
14 June 2010 19:24
Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Gamboa, Panama, April 2010
Bird name: Greater Ani
Latin: Crotophaga major
Other: garrapatero (Es)
Family: Cuculidae • Cuckoos
Range: Panama to Argentina
The Greater Ani lays eggs in a communal nest. It is quite a bit larger than the Smooth-billed Ani and has distinctive pale irises. We saw them several times on visits to Gamboa in the canal area of central Panama.More photos...