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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, 1/200.
Uploaded Mar 2, 2007 | Flickr URL
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Sacha Lodge Ecuador Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
5 comments have been posted about this photo

Very nice image of this unusual beaked bird. As I do many times when viewing your magnificent bird photographs, I had to look this oneup and learn about it. :)
Posted on Mar 2, 2007
skaw says:
i like the way the head has that nice little soft green halo around it and the body kinda fades out into the background
Posted on Mar 2, 2007
This very nice, with the green background and as skaw observed, a kind of halo effect. Good photo!
Posted on Mar 3, 2007
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Friends Of Worldbirds, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Fantastic
Posted on Jun 13, 2007
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Posted on Jun 14, 2007
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