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
African cuckoo-hawk on their parents for about a week after their first flight. Wahlberg's eagle "Hieraaetus wahlbergi" has been recorded preying on the chicks of the African cuckoo-hawk. African cuckoo-hawk The African cuckoo-hawk, or African baza, ("Aviceda cuculoides") is a medium-sized raptor in the family Accipitridae so named because it resembles the common cuckoo, which is found in sub-Saharan Africa and along the eastern parts of Southern Africa. It prefers dense woodland and forest of either indigenous or exotic trees. The male is blackish-brown above with a grey mantle and chest with a blackish crest, the underparts are white marked with broad