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Crotophaga ani (Smooth-billed Ani)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) is a large near passerine bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, Brazil, and northern Argentina. This ani is found in open and semi-open country and areas under cultivation. The nest, built communally by several pairs, is a deep cup lined with leaves and placed usually 2–6 m (6.6–19.7 ft) high in a tree. A number of females lay their chalky blue eggs in the nest and then share incubation and feeding. \n* \n* in Tobago \n* in Jamaica \n*
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
13
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
39
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 26.3977
EDGE Score: 3.31046
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  106 grams
Birth Weight [3]  13.2 grams
Female Weight [1]  97 grams
Male Weight [1]  115 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  18.6 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Tropical dry forests, Tropical grasslands, Agricultural
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical dry forests, Tropical grasslands, Agricultural
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Ectothermic [4]  20 %
Diet - Endothermic [4]  20 %
Diet - Fruit [4]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  40 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  10 %
Forages - Mid-High [4]  30 %
Forages - Understory [4]  30 %
Forages - Ground [4]  40 %
Clutch Size [6]  3
Clutches / Year [1]  3
Egg Length [1]  1.457 inches (37 mm)
Egg Width [1]  1.024 inches (26 mm)
Fledging [1]  10 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  20,000,000
Incubation [5]  14 days
Female Maturity [1]  2 years

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Parasitized by 
Centrorhynchus tumidulus[10]
Eumegacetes medioximus[10]

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Citations

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♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 7Repenning, M., Basso, H. C. D. P., Rossoni, J. R., Krügel, M. M., & Fontana, C. S. (2009). Fontana. Análise comparativa da dieta de quatro espécies de cucos (Aves: Cuculidae), no sul do Brasil. Zoologia, 26(3).
♦ 8"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
♦ 9Raw, A. (1997). Avian predation on individual neotropical social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) outside their nests. Ornitologia neotropical, 8, 89-92.
♦ 10Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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