Groove-billed Ani
Crotophaga sulcirostrisSwainson, WJ, 1827
English (US) Groove-billed Ani
The Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris) 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: southern Baja California; southern Texas through Central and South America (including Curaçao and Trinidad) to northern Chile and northern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Groove-billed Ani
- Described by
- Swainson, WJ, 1827
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Swainson, WJ, 1827
- Type locality
- Temascaltepec, Mexico.
- Original description
- The Philosophical Magazine, New Series n.s., 1 p.440
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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