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
Little cuckoo Little cuckoo The little cuckoo ("Coccycua minuta") is a species of bird in the cuckoo family (Cuculidae) from South America and Panama. It was formerly placed in the genus "Piaya", but was moved to the reinstated genus "Coccycua" following the discovery that its closest living relatives are a couple species traditionally placed in "Coccyzus" or "Micrococcyx", rather than the other members of "Piaya". This species is about long and weighs . The adult is mainly chestnut brown, with a greyish lower belly, browner tail and white tips to the tail feathers. The bill is yellow, short, and decurved; the iris