#1456 · 🐦 birds

Smooth-billed Ani

🇳🇱 Gladsnavelani ·Crotophaga ani

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Esteban Poveda · CC BY 4.0
2. © Elvis Jimenez · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Taran Rampersad · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Blake Matheson · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Esteban Poveda · CC BY 4.0
6. © Patricia Salazar · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Tunapuna/Piarco, TT:© nandani_bridglal · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Taperoá:© Henrique_Anizio · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Gral Obligado, Santa Fe, Argentina:© Lucas Fornero · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Rua Bom Pastor, 279 - Ipiranga, São Paulo - SP, 04203-050, Brasil:© bacu•bacana · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

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 Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, Brazil, and northern Argentina. It was introduced to Galápagos around the 1960s and is potentially impacting native and endemic species across the archipelago.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 18,664iNaturalist observations
weight 97 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
18,664 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 97 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).