Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) - HBW 4, p. 606
French: Grand Géocoucou
German: Wegekuckuck
Spanish: Correcaminos Grande
Taxonomy: Saurothera californiana Lesson, 1829, California.
Population from Texas (USA) S to Nuevo León and Veracruz (Mexico) averages smaller and has been described as race dromicus; but birds from this region overlap in size with those in other parts of range. Monotypic.
Distribution: SW USA and Mexico, from California, Utah and Colorado E inland to Missouri and Louisiana, through coastal Texas and Baja California, S to Michoacan, Puebla and Veracruz.
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Two views of a female, first being a dorsal view showing a wing stretch and then exposing its down covered back while preening. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 19 June 2009 3 years ago 56 sec 4.9 -
An adult on the ground looking around and giving its bill clattering "whirring" call twice. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 25 July 2010 2 years ago 1 min 4.6 -
An adult perched on a sawed off utility pole used as a fence post preening and giving its bill clattering "whirring" call, then Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 22 July 2010 2 years ago 47 sec 4.6 -
A bird running on the ground, with a close-up of the head Locality Panamint Springs, Inyo County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Paul Clarke 17 October 2003 5 years ago 1 min 7 sec 4.6 -
A lateral view of an adult male perched on a fence post looking around and calling twice. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 23 June 2009 3 years ago 1 min 1 sec 4.5 -
A bird walking on the ground Locality Tuzigoot National Monument, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Curt Kessler 31 July 2007 5 years ago 17 sec 4.1
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Resting in the heat of the day.
Locality Gold Canyon, Pinal County, Arizona, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Ken Simonite 21 April 2012 50 weeks ago 4.4 -
Greater Roadrunner
Locality Arlington, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Alex Woodruff 16 November 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
A Greater Roadrunner seen crossing a road in desert scrubland.
Locality Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Alex Woodruff 13 July 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Perched on rock
Locality Alamos, Sonora State, Mexico (Northern)
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 9 March 2013 8 weeks ago 4 -
bird is leaving from a shady bush at the road between Loreto and San Javier - Sierra La Giganta
Locality Baja California Sur State, Mexico (Northern)
Thore Noernberg 12 March 2012 8 weeks ago 4 -
bird crossing the Road at El Rosarito - Mexican Highway 1
Locality Baja California State, Mexico (Northern)
Thore Noernberg 3 March 2010 8 weeks ago 4
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Call from female. Locality Salt River, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 17 May 2009 3 years ago 3
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