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
Sunda cuckoo Sunda cuckoo The Sunda cuckoo or Sunda lesser cuckoo ("Cuculus lepidus") is a South-east Asian bird belonging to the genus "Cuculus" in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae. It was formerly classified with the Himalayan cuckoo ("C. saturatus") and Oriental cuckoo ("C. optatus") in a single species, "C. saturatus", but is now often regarded as a separate species based on differences in voice, size and plumage. It is 29–30 cm long. The upperparts, throat and upper breast are dark grey. The rest of the underparts are buff with black bars. The tail is blackish with white spots. The female also occurs in