Greater roadrunner of New Mexico. Greater roadrunner The greater roadrunner ("Geococcyx californianus") is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, from Southwestern United States and Mexico. The Latin name means "Californian earth-cuckoo". 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. The roadrunner is about long, has a wingspan and weighs . It stands around tall and is the largest cuckoo of the Americas. Roadrunners have four toes on each zygodactyl foot; two face forward, and two face backward. The
Guira cuckoo one can find up to 20 eggs. Under community nests there are many broken eggs. The competition between young being great, mortality is significant. Guira cuckoo The guira cuckoo ("Guira guira") is a gregarious bird found widely in open and semi-open habitats of eastern and southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and northeastern Argentina. One of only four species within the subfamily Crotophaginae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae, "G. guira" is also the only species within the genus Guira. It is a rather scruffy-looking bird, with a total length of approximately . The sexes are very similar in appearance, except that