{"id":25446,"date":"2012-11-05T14:37:55","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:22","slug":"smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani\/","title":{"rendered":"Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) is a large near passerine bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, Brazil, and northern Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Smooth-billed Ani\u00a0<i>Crotophaga\u00a0ani<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-318-25446\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2417\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani\/smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani-5.jpg\" title=\"Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani\/thumbs\/thumbs_smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2416\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani\/smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani-4.jpg\" title=\"Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani\/thumbs\/thumbs_smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2415\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani\/smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani-3.jpg\" title=\"Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani\/thumbs\/thumbs_smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2414\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani\/smooth-billed-ani-crotophaga-ani-2.jpg\" title=\"Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) \" 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It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, Brazil, and northern Argentina. 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