Smooth-billed Ani
Crotophaga aniLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Smooth-billed Ani
The Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.
Range: West Indies, southeastern Mexico (Quintana Roo) and Costa Rica southward to western Ecuador and northern Argentina, also Galapagos (introduced); formerly southeastern USA (Florida, where now rare)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Crotophaga ani
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Smooth-billed Ani
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Crotophaga Ani
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- America, Africa = Jamaica.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.105
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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