Smooth-billed Ani

Where to see

Smooth-billed Ani

Crotophaga ani

Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas leads · 22 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Smooth-billed Ani during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~70%
2 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~50%
3 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~40%
4 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~40%
5 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
6 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
7 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
8 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
9 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~30%
10 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
11 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
12 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
13 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
14 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
~30%
15 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
16 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
17 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~30%
18 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~30%
19 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
20 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
21 Jaragua National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~20%
22 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Smooth-billed Ani?

Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Smooth-billed Ani sighting on a given day, the highest of the 22 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Smooth-billed Ani?

Galápagos Islands and more

After Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, the next-best odds of seeing a Smooth-billed Ani are in Galápagos Islands (Ecuador, about 50%), Caroni Swamp (Trinidad and Tobago, about 40%) and Los Haitises National Park (Dominican Republic, about 40%). Outside South America, the best option is Caroni Swamp in Central America (about 40%).

When is the best time to see a Smooth-billed Ani?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are July and August in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 80%), January–May, July and September–November in Galápagos Islands (about 50%) and July–September and November in Caroni Swamp (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Smooth-billed Ani on a given day. Each park's Smooth-billed Ani page has the full month-by-month chart.