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Smooth-billed-Ani
Smooth-billed-Ani 

Publish Date : 21-12-2007

Author : Urs Hauenstein

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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 West Indies, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, south to western Ecuador, Brazil and northern Argentina.

This is a very gregarious species, always found in noisy groups. The calls include a whining ooo-leeek. The Greater Ani feeds on termites, large insects and even lizards and frogs. they will occasionally remove ticks and other parasites from grazing animals

Picture taken near Santa Fe, Veraguas, Panama

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Author Name : Loomy
Date Post : 02-01-2012
Cool picture looks like out of the movie Jurassic Park


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