Skip to content
Groove-billed Ani
Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cuckoos, anis & hoatzin

Groove-billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris Swainson, 1827

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishGroove-billed Ani
DutchGroefsnavelani
SpanishGarrapatero pijuy
Chinese沟嘴犀鹃
Scientific nameCrotophaga sulcirostris Swainson, 1827

About this species

The groove-billed ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris) is a tropical bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail and a large, curved beak. It is a resident species throughout most of its range, from southern Texas, central Mexico and The Bahamas, through Central America, to northern Colombia and Venezuela, and coastal Ecuador and Peru. It only retreats from the northern limits of its range in Texas and northern Mexico during winter.

Read more on Wikipedia · Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCuculiformes
FamilyCuculidae
GenusCrotophaga

Related species in Suriname