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Smooth-billed Ani
Esteban Poveda, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Cuckoos, anis & hoatzin

Smooth-billed Ani

Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishSmooth-billed Ani
DutchGladsnavelani
SpanishGarrapatero pico liso
Chinese滑嘴犀鹃
Scientific nameCrotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758

About this species

The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) is a bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, Brazil, northern Argentina and southern Chile. It was introduced to Galápagos around the 1960s and is potentially impacting native and endemic species across the archipelago.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCuculiformes
FamilyCuculidae
GenusCrotophaga

In Suriname

2,752Records in Suriname
88iNaturalist observations
1857First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo795
  • Commewijne669
  • Sipaliwini383
  • Para287
  • Nickerie179
  • Brokopondo88
  • Wanica72
  • Coronie39
  • Saramacca29
  • Marowijne10

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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