Groove-billed ani

Impeccable... Bon weekend.

Merci beaucoup, Malik.

A completely new bird to me. Fantastic shot!

Thanks, Andy. They are members of the cuckoo family and live in Central America.

I agree with Annalia's comment below - a bit of Archaeopteryx in there (I'm sure only in the visual sense, I'm aware that Archaeopteryx didn't have a strong enough strernum / keelbone to do much more than glide between trees!)!
If cuckoo family, are they also parasites of other birds' nests?

Good question, Andy. They are not parasitic, but they do have an unusual nesting behavior.
"The groove-billed ani lives in small groups of one to five breeding pairs. They defend a single territory and lay their eggs in one communal nest. All group members incubate the eggs and care for the young." - from the Wikipedia article listed above.

Unusual and very interesting! I am not a bird expert by any means but I don't think I have ever heard of birds that raise their youngs sort of like wolves do in a pack. These are truly interesting birds, Ronald.

Thank you, Ronald. Again, I agree with Annalia's second reply; unusual and interesting!

Good timing. A special bird!

Thank you very much, Eva.

Lovely bird image Ronald.

Thank you very much, Jaap.

One of those images where one can "see" that their very distant ancestors were dinosaurs!

Thank you very much, Annalia. They have a rather primitive look.

A lovely shot Ronald.
Thank you for posting to FFF.

Thank you very much, Jeff.

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Merci beaucoup, Malik.