The anis are the three species of birds in the genus Crotophaga of the cuckoo family. They are essentially tropical New World birds, although the range of two species just reaches the United States .

滑嘴犀鵑 （学名： Crotophaga ani），又名 光嘴犀鵑 或 平嘴犀鵑，是一種大型 杜鵑科 鳥類，廣泛分布於 加勒比地區 至 南美洲 中部的 大廈谷 草原一帶，目前 沒有已知的亞種。 滑嘴犀鵑的種名「ani」係來自現今 已絕跡 的 圖皮語，是18世紀以前 南美 東部的 圖皮人 對這種鳥類的稱呼。 在 信史 上，這名稱最早出現在1648年成書的著作《巴西自然史》（Historia naturalis Brasiliae）。 該書是史上首部有系統的，且科學的記錄巴西生物相的典籍，是 德國 博物學家 George …

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. [2]

滑嘴犀鹃（学名： Crotophaga ani ），又名光嘴犀鹃或平嘴犀鹃，是一种大型杜鹃科鸟类，广泛分布于加勒比地区至南美洲中部的大厦谷草原一带，目前没有已知的亚种。

The groove-billed ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris) is a 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 ...

The common, or smooth-billed, ani (C. ani), found from southern Florida to Argentina, is a bird 36 cm (14 inches) long that looks like a huge-beaked grackle. The great ani (C. major) is common in swamplands of South America, chiefly east of the Andes.

John James Audubon and other early naturalists failed to find the Smooth-billed Ani in Florida, but it became a regular nesting bird there during the 1930s and was fairly common for several decades. Recently it has become very scarce again and may disappear from Florida.

The smooth-billed 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, northern Argentina and southern Chile.

The anis are the three species of birds in the genus Crotophaga of the cuckoo family. They are essentially tropical New World birds, although the range of two species just reaches the United States .

Anis are bizarre black cuckoos with long floppy tails and unique, very deep and broad-sided bills. Greater is the largest ani, distinctive with its staring yellow eye and glossy blue, green, and purple sheen on the wings and tail. Always associated with water; especially apt to be found low in the forest edge around slow-moving rivers and lakes.