Order Cuculiformes Subfamily Neomorphinae Scientific name Geococcyx velox Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Family Cuculidae Genus Geococcyx Higher classification Roadrunner | |
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Similar Roadrunner, Bird, Greater roadrunner, Cuckoos, Lesser ground cuckoo | ||
A shoutout about the lesser roadrunner geococcyx velox
The lesser roadrunner (Geococcyx velox) is a large, long-legged member of the cuckoo family, Cuculidae.
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Description
The lesser roadrunner resembles the greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) in appearance and habit but is smaller and has a significantly shorter bill. Its breeding range is in southwestern Mexico, and north into the western side of the Sierra Madre Occidental range; also northern Central America, and a disjunct range in the northern Yucatán Peninsula.
Diet
The lesser roadrunner eats seeds, fruit, small reptiles and frogs. It forages around roadsides for large insects and roadkill.
References
Lesser roadrunner Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA