Lesser Roadrunner
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| Lesser Roadrunner | |
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| Geococcyx velox in Teotitlán de Flores Magón | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Subfamily: | Neomorphinae |
| Genus: | Geococcyx |
| Species: | G. velox |
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| Geococcyx velox (Wagner, 1836) |
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| Range in green | |
The Lesser Roadrunner, Geococcyx velox, is a large, long-legged member of the Cuckoo family, Cuculidae.
The Lesser roadrunner resembles the Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californiana) 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.
The Lesser Roadrunner eats seeds, fruit, small reptiles and frogs. It forages around roadsides for large insects and roadkill.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Geococcyx velox. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
[edit] External links
Media related to Lesser Roadrunner at Wikimedia Commons
- Photo-(bird running-HIGH RES); Article "Birds of Honduras"
- Lesser Roadrunner photo gallery VIREO
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