Breeders Costa Rica Family Stray 
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2013
It is one of three species of ani ( Groove-billed and Greater Anis are the other two) and together form a unique branch in the cuckoo family. Smooth-billed Anis were relative newcomers as breeders to Florida, having only begun nesting since the 1930s. A Groove-billed Ani photographed in Pinellas County in 2011, by Carlos Sanchez.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2020
However, it wasn’t until the infamous year of 2020 that I finally laid eyes on it in the marshes of Las Pangas in southern Costa Rica. Common Cuckoo is a fascinating bird, an obligate parasitic breeder that employs numerous strategies, including fraud and murder, to survive. A non-bird Best Bird of the Year? Preposterous!
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