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Smooth-billed ani

Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758

LCLeast Concernbirds

The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 97 g to 114.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani)
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the smooth-billed ani

Weight
97 g – 114.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
human_modifiedsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
14 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.9 – 4.15src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
2 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
3src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the smooth-billed ani live?

Not recorded

What is the smooth-billed ani?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) is a 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, northern Argentina and southern Chile. It was introduced to Galápagos around the 1960s and is potentially impacting native and endemic species across the archipelago.

From the Wikipedia article “Smooth-billed ani” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smooth-billed_ani&oldid=1315315376), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the smooth-billed ani endangered?

The smooth-billed ani is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the smooth-billed ani classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusCrotophaga
  7. SpeciesCrotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Crotophaga laevirostra, Crotophaga rugirostra

Other names and names in other languages (50)
  • Savannah blackbirdEnglish
  • AníCatalan
  • aní de bec llisCatalan
  • ani tlustozobáCzech
  • kukačka aniCzech
  • ani llyfnbigWelsh
  • AniDanish
  • GlattschnabelaniGerman
  • glatbeka anioEsperanto
  • Krestobeka anioEsperanto
  • Garrapatero aníSpanish
  • Anó chicoSpanish
  • CarboneroSpanish
  • GarrapateroSpanish
  • Garrapatero de Pico LisoSpanish
  • Garrapatero pico lisoSpanish
  • Garrapatero piquilisoSpanish
  • JudíoSpanish
  • Pirincho Negro ChicoSpanish
  • kiilnokk-ühiskäguEstonian
  • Crotophaga aniBasque
  • Ani à bec lisseFrench
  • Bilbitingcf
  • AnoGuarani
  • BoustabakHaitian Creole
  • krupnokljuni aniCroatian
  • simacsőrű aniHungarian
  • Ani beccoliscioItalian
  • オオハシカッコウJapanese
  • glotniasnapė vikšralesė gegutėLithuanian
  • gludknābja aniLatvian
  • Kleine AniDutch
  • Gladsnavel aniDutch
  • glattnebbaniNorwegian
  • Chuchubi Preto Pico LisoPapiamento
  • kleszczojad gładkodziobyPolish
  • anu-pretoPortuguese
  • ani-de-bico-lisoPortuguese
  • Anum-pretoPortuguese
  • АниRussian
  • Гладкоклювая аниRussian
  • ostronos aniSlovak
  • Glatkokljuni aniSerbian
  • kawfutuboiSranan Tongo
  • slätnäbbad aniSwedish
  • Düz Gagalı AniTurkish
  • Yassı gagalı aniTurkish
  • ані товстодзьобийUkrainian
  • 平嘴犀鵑Chinese
  • 滑嘴犀鹃Chinese

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Relatives of the smooth-billed ani

Other species in the same genus Crotophaga.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the smooth-billed ani?

An adult smooth-billed ani weighs 97 g – 114.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the smooth-billed ani endangered?

The smooth-billed ani is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the smooth-billed ani?

The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/smooth-billed-ani

MLA

“Smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/smooth-billed-ani.

BibTeX
@misc{smooth_billed_ani_2026,
  title = {Smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/smooth-billed-ani},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}