#1318 · 🐦 birds

Greater Roadrunner

🇳🇱 Grote Renkoekoek ·Geococcyx californianus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © jefferykarafa · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © MarvalPhotography19 · CC BY 4.0
3. © Jody Shugart · CC BY 4.0
4. © Becky Hansis-O'Neill · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Scott Buckel · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Yolo County, CA, USA:© Jonathan Eisen · CC BY 4.0
7. New Mexico, US:© James · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Tule Springs, Las Vegas, NV, USA:© bobc · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Calabasas Village, Calabasas, CA 91302, USA:© Andrea Kreuzhage · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Dana Point, CA, USA:© James Bailey · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 44,644iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
44,644 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by René Lesson in 1829 (197 years ago).