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).
Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox) [XC676386]
by Manuel Grosselet from Laguna Verde, Actopan, Veracruz, Mexico (call, foraging calls)
Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox) [XC639534]
by Al\u00e1n Palacios from Rinc\u00f3n de Dolores , Departamento de Francisco Moraz\u00e1n, Honduras (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.