The Smooth-billed Ani lives in groups in shrubby parts of tropical South America and the Caribbean. Its glossy black plumage and oversized bill stand out.
It is a glossy black cuckoo with an oversized bill.
It eats insects, lizards, and fruit in wet or thorny scrub. Several females lay eggs in one communal nest, which all group members help incubate and tend.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.