Ani, AH nee, is the name of three species of birds in the cuckoo family. Anis live in open, brushy country, mainly from the West Indies and Mexico to southern South America. Two of the species are also found in the extreme southern United States. The smooth-billed ani nests in southern Florida, and the groove-billed ani lives in southern Texas. The third species, the greater ani, ranges only as far north as central Panama.