Grooved bill Ani

Very young one.

Groove billed Ani

ANI. Parents and young. (NOT SURE ABOUT SMOOTH OR GROOVE BILLED)

These photos disappeared when google changed picasa into google-plus albums. Happy to find them back in my archives.

The Ani is back!

The Ani are back in the Wabi trees

Two Anis in Wabi tree

photos: Femia Cools

Smooth-billed Ani

Chiefly tropical American bird of the genus Crotophaga, related to the cuckoo and having black plumage and a long tail.
Cuculidae - includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner.

More Ani on this Blog

More photos and Info

Groove-billed Ani - Chuchubi Pretu

Young Ani.

The Groove-billed Ani (Wikipedia),   (Crotophaga sulcirostris) ,  is a large near passerine bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, Brazil, and northern Argentina.

Photos: Femia Cools

Info: C.de Haseth and G.van Buurt