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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
16/05/2024 03:13:34 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Lesser Roadrunner*
Id (Atlas):
Geococcyx velox
Description (10 )
Lesser Roadrunner
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Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
Size
45 - 46 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Wagner, 1836)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 2,800 m.
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.
Western Mexico from southern Sonora to Chiapas, on central plateau from Nayarit and Jalisco south to México, Morelos, Puebla, Veracruz and Oaxaca; also Yucatán, and Central America from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to central Nicaragua.
 
Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)... )
Listen to XC352732
Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox ) [XC352732 ]
by id from Lower E slope Volcan de Fuego, Jalisco, Mexico (song)
Listen to XC398888
Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox ) [XC398888 ]
by Richard E. Webster from Oaxaca, El Yagul Ruins, Mexico (song)
Subspecies
Has on occasion been subdivided into as many as five subspecies.
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Like Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus ) with sides of neck streaked, but underparts not streaked.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Lesser Roadrunner see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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