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Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
Photo description
This guy posed for a close up along the railing of one of the walkways of Sacha Lodge, Ecuador. These social cuckoos are famous for building a large singe communal nest. Several females lay eggs in the same nest and often incubate together during the day while males may incubate at night. Uncropped. f/6.3, iso 1600, exp comp minus 2.0, 1/125.
Uploaded Mar 2, 2007 | Flickr URL
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Sacha Lodge Ecuador Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
3 comments have been posted about this photo

T-P2007 says:
woow....nice detail ....cool
Posted on Mar 2, 2007
super pic. i like how the variations of blue and gray resonate. is this a kind of raven or crow? looks smart.
Posted on Mar 2, 2007
Thanks, it looks like a crow or raven but strangely enough it's in the cuckoo family.
Posted on Mar 3, 2007
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