Cuckoo greater roadrunner is the state bird of the US state of New Mexico and is a common symbol of the American Southwest in general. "Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner" was a long running series of cartoons by Warner Brothers Studios that has had enduring popularity from the time the characters were created in 1949 through the present and helps define the image of the bird in popular culture. Cuckoo The cuckoos are a family of birds, Cuculidae, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes. The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals
Pallid cuckoo 1801 as "Columba pallida" "pale pigeon". Sources differ in the genera placement of this species. It is commonly placed in "Cuculus", but genetic evidence and its song support its placement in "Cacomantis", with its closest relative the white-crowned cuckoo ("Cacomantis leucolophus"). As of 2013, ITIS still listed the genus as "Cuculus". "Pallid cuckoo" has been designated the official name by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC). Other common names include unadorned cuckoo, semitone-bird, scale-bird, and brain-fever bird—from its monotonous repetitive call. Characteristics of the appearance of the pallid cuckoo include: a dark bill, a dark eye with a gold eye-ring, a