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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Cuculidae — theanis .
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Examples
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(* The Spanish colonists call the Crotophaga ani, zamurito (little carrion vulture -- Vultur aura minuta), or garapatero, the eater of garaparas, insects of the Acarus family.)
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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[* The Spanish colonists call the Crotophaga ani, zamurito
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* _Crotophaga sulcirostris sulcirostris_ Swainson.
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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The horse-protector (_Crotophaga sulcata_, Swains.) is a singular animal.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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They are of the genus Crotophaga, * and follow the cattle.
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They are of the genus Crotophaga, * and follow the cattle.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Birds include species such as orange winged parrot (Amazona amazonica), white-necked heron (Ardea cocoi), rufous crab-hawk (Buteogallus aequinoctialis), striated heron (Butorides striatus), semi-palmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla), great egret (Casmerodius albus), green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana), bicolored conebill (Conirostrum bicolor), greater ani (Crotophaga major), little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) and many others.
Amapa mangroves 2008
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149 2 Attas, Leaf-cutting Ants; _Atta cephalotes_ (Fab.) 151 12 Fruit Bats; _Vampyrus spectrum_ (Linné) 152 11 King Vulture; _Gypagus papa_ (Linné) 11 Harpy Eagle; _Harpia harpyja_ (Linné) 163 3 Ani; _Crotophaga ani_ Linné
Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919
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10 Egrets; _Leucophoyx t. thula_ (Molina) 233 17 Kiskadees; _Pitangus sulphuratus_ (Linné) 19 Black Witch; _Crotophaga ani_ (Linné) 19 House Wren; _Troglodytes musculus clarus_ Berl. and Hart
Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919
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