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
Philippine drongo-cuckoo laying its eggs in the nests of other birds but its host species are unknown. Philippine drongo-cuckoo The Philippine drongo-cuckoo ("Surniculus velutinus") is a bird of the cuckoo family found only in the Philippines. It belongs to the genus "Surniculus" along with the Asian drongo-cuckoo ("S. lugubris"). The two were previously classified as a single species but are now often separated based on differences in calls and juvenile plumage. It is long. The black bill is slender and curved and the tail is fairly long and slightly forked. The plumage is mostly glossy blue-black apart from a white bar on