Lesser roadrunner
| Lesser roadrunner | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Subfamily: | Neomorphinae |
| Genus: | Geococcyx |
| Species: | G. velox |
| Binomial name | |
| 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.
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
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Geococcyx velox". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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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