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Wild Roadrunner These birds are incredibly fast moving, love to eat anything that moves, and can catch lizards, mice, rats, and ground level birds. They do not fly but move like the wind on the ground. Geococcyx californianus,Greater Roadrunner Click/tap to enlarge

Wild Roadrunner

These birds are incredibly fast moving, love to eat anything that moves, and can catch lizards, mice, rats, and ground level birds. They do not fly but move like the wind on the ground.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Glad to finally see one in the wild, I've only seen them once, in a zoo. Very funny birds. Posted 10 years ago

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The Greater Roadrunner

The Greater Roadrunner, taxonomically classified as "Geococcyx californianus", meaning "Californian Earth-cuckoo," is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae. Along with the Lesser Roadrunner, it is one of two species in the roadrunner genus "Geococcyx". This roadrunner is also known as the chaparral cock, ground cuckoo, and snake killer.

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Similar species: Cuckoos
Species identified by Stephen Philips
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