This is a bird you hardly expect to see in a town, a Groove-billed ani. The name derives from the odd, curved, and grooved beak . It is closely related to our timid and cautious European cuckoo, but this species sometimes appears also in gardens. Its habitat streches from Central America, up to the southernmost US and down into South America in a narrow strip along the west coast. This bird in a garden in Chulucanas is thus quite far south in its range.