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title: "Kleszczojad bruzdodzioby"
description: "Crotophaga sulcirostris — Ptaki. The groove-billed ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris) is a tropical bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail and a large, curved beak."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/groove-billed-ani
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kleszczojad bruzdodzioby

> Crotophaga sulcirostris — Ptaki. The groove-billed ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris) is a tropical bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail and a large, curved beak.

- Scientific name: *Crotophaga sulcirostris*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 21197
- Wikidata: [Q791145](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q791145)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1972](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1972)

## Names

- en: Groove-billed Ani
- de: Riefenschnabelani
- es: Garrapatero pijuy
- fr: Ani à bec cannelé
- nl: Groefsnavelani
- pl: Kleszczojad bruzdodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

MX (12594), US (1977), CR (1690), EC (670), HN (553), PE (523), PA (448), BZ (352), NI (327), CO (308), SV (271), GT (135)

## Summary

The groove-billed ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris) is a tropical bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail and a large, curved beak. It is a resident species throughout most of its range, from southern Texas, central Mexico and The Bahamas, through Central America, to northern Colombia and Venezuela, and coastal Ecuador and Peru. It only retreats from the northern limits of its range in Texas and northern Mexico during winter.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groove-billed_ani

## Photo

![Kleszczojad bruzdodzioby](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/groove-billed-ani/medium.jpg)

Photo: adel-fridus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150495655

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/groove-billed-ani?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).