Smooth-billed Ani vs Sulawesi Cuckoo

Crotophaga ani comparado con Cuculus crassirostris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Smooth-billed Ani Sulawesi Cuckoo
Nombre científico Crotophaga ani Cuculus crassirostris
Orden Cuculiformes Cuculiformes
Familia Cuculidae Cuculidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 28,8 cm (11.3 in) 41,2 cm (16.2 in)
Peso 125,375 g (4.42 oz) 85,0 g (3.00 oz)
Dieta Insectivore following cattle herds; eats grasshoppers, beetles, and hairy caterpillars flushed by grazers. Also takes … --
Tamaño de la puesta 3-7 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Smooth-billed Ani only

Sulawesi Cuckoo only

Song & Call Comparison

Smooth-billed Ani

Canto

Rapid, bubbling call with liquid quality; pleasant gurgling notes cascading quickly from dense grassland cover.

Sulawesi Cuckoo

Canto

Loud, raucous call with harsh quality; penetrating notes carrying through dense forest in Asia. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Geographic Range & Migration

Smooth-billed Ani

Found from Florida and the Caribbean through Central and South America to Argentina. Resident in open habitats.

Sulawesi Cuckoo

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Smooth-billed Ani

Least Concern

Sulawesi Cuckoo

How to Tell Them Apart

Smooth-billed Ani

Sulawesi Cuckoo

Plumaje

Sulawesi Cuckoo: dark gray-brown above; pale below; long dark tail; yellow orbital ring; Sulawesi endemic; larger than most Cuculus

About These Birds

Smooth-billed Ani

Garrapatero aní (Crotophaga ani) — Cuco negro de cola larga con pico profundamente aquillado. Muy gregario; cría en grupos comunales, con varias hembras poniendo en el mismo nido. Habita en tierras abiertas, bordes de bosque y zonas agrícolas de América tropical.

Sulawesi Cuckoo

Sulawesi Cuckoo (Cuculus crassirostris) — 30–34 cm. Dark grey above; pale below with bold brown-grey barring; heavier bill than most Cuculus. Endemic to Sulawesi in montane forest. Brood parasite. Insectivore. Poorly known.

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