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
The Cuckoo (song) The third verse is the standard "Cuckoo is a pretty bird" and after an adapted floating verse: If I were a clerk And I could write a good hand I would write to my true love So that she'd understand That I am a young fellow Who is wounded in love Once I lived in Buncloudy But now must remove. The song ends in a sad verse about emigration. There is a fine recording of this song from Luke Kelly of The Dubliners. The cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) was until recent times a common visitor to the English countryside in spring