#1425 · 🐦 birds

Groove-billed Ani

🇳🇱 Groefsnavelani ·Crotophaga sulcirostris

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © José Antonio Linage Espinosa · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © iturriagal · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Pablo LÃ¨autaud · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © bathyporeia · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Gordon Karre · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Juan Manuel Carmona · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The groove-billed ani ( Crotophaga sulcirostris ) is an odd-looking tropical bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail and a large, curved beak. It is a resident species throughout most of its range, from southern Texas, central Mexico and The Bahamas, through Central America, to northern Colombia and Venezuela, and coastal Ecuador and Peru. It only retreats from the northern limits of its range in Texas and northern Mexico during winter.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 21,624iNaturalist observations
weight 79 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.
21,624 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 79 g.
Scientifically named by William Swainson in 1827 (199 years ago).