Stats

Lifespan: 7-9 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Desert
Range: North America
Movement: Running
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Common

About

The Greater Roadrunner is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, native to the Southwestern United States and Mexico. It is one of two species in the genus Geococcyx, and is also known as the chaparral cock, ground cuckoo, and snake killer.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
2.
hatchling
A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Geococcyx
Species: Geococcyx californianus