Known from the discs' own bird lists
Smooth-billed Ani
crotophaga ani
Cuculidae,Crotophaginae
- Disc 2 · 2001 listed
- Disc 3 · 2006 listed
- Disc 1 · 2011 listed
The detailed account of this bird below comes from Disc 1 · 2011. The other discs list the bird but carry no account of it, and none is invented here.
From the original Disc 1 · 2011 revision
Detailed account — Disc 1 · 2011
This detailed account first appears in the 2011 Disc 1 revision; the earlier releases have no account for this bird.
Description Disc 1 · 2011
35 cm. The adult is glossy black; skin around the eye black, iris brown or black; bill black, arched and laterally compressed and curving down to the forehead; feet black.
The immature has a smaller bill.
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The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011
The account, continued
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
A rising whistle rising in pitch "aaiii"; chatters, growls and clicking noises, a "que-lik". Song is a loud "ui..ui..ui..UI..UI..UI..UI..".
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Usuallly in small flocks, forages by climbing in trees, scrub, and hopping on the ground in pursuit of insects and fruits. Follows cattle and grass fires.
Breeding Disc 1 · 2011
Breeder.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Common in scrub and other second growth, clearings in forest, forest borders, mangroves and lake margins, marshes, sea level to 1200 meters. Has benefitted from clearing of the forests.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Throughout.
The Disc 2 · 2001 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
The Disc 3 · 2006 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
Vocalizations
Each disc's own recording entries are shown under that disc's label. A player appears only where the recording's file survives on a preserved disc.
Disc 2 · 2001
The disc lists this item against the bird without a caption. Disc 2 · 2001
Audio file found on Disc 1 (2011). The asserting release's own preserved disc did not carry it; the historical assertion above is unchanged.
Calls. Rio Doçe 11/4/00. Cloudy, 20°C. Forest edge. Disc 2 · 2001
Audio file found on Disc 1 (2011). The asserting release's own preserved disc did not carry it; the historical assertion above is unchanged.
Disc 1 · 2011
Calls, Ubatuba, Estado São Paulo, October 2008. Disc 1 · 2011
Calls. Rio Doçe 11/4/00. Cloudy, 20°C. Forest edge. Disc 1 · 2011
More images
Photo by Fritz Mueller Disc 1 · 2011 Photo by Fritz Mueller. Disc 1 · 2011
Which discs list this bird
- Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list
How that was established
- Disc 2 · 2001
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 3 · 2006
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 1 · 2011
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1
The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.
Historical checklist participation
Disc 2 · 2001
Selected on local checklists: ASSB.CKD; BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; CNSB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ILSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PARB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; PESB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SERB.CKD; SNSB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; STSB.CKD; UBSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD
Disc 3 · 2006
Selected on local checklists: ASSB.CKD; BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; CNSB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ILSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PARB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; PESB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SERB.CKD; SNSB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; STSB.CKD; UBSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd
Disc 1 · 2011
Selected on local checklists: ASSB.CKD; BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; CNSB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ILSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PARB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; PESB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SERB.CKD; SNSB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; STSB.CKD; UBSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd