Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
58 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1829)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico, USA (B).

South-western USA and Mexico, from California, Utah and Colorado eastern inland to Missouri and Louisiana, through coastal Texas and Baja California, south to Michoacan, Puebla and Veracruz.

Population
Estimated population is 1,100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A low mournful 'coo' or 'hoot'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (127)...)

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) [XC324297]
by Richard E. Webster from Silver Creek, Cave Creek Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, United States (bill rattle)

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx) [XC318144]
by Richard E. Webster from Yuma East Wetlands, Yuma, Arizona, United States (call)

Subspecies
Population from Texas (USA) south to Nuevo Leon and Veracruz (Mexico) averages smaller and has been described as subspecies dromicus, but birds from this region overlap in size with those in other parts of range.

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Like Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox) but underparts streaked.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) - 10 files

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