Greater roadrunner

Greater roadrunner
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	Geococcyx
Species:	G. californianus
Binomial name
Geococcyx californianus (Lesson, 1829)[2]
Range of G. californianus

The greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) is one of two species of the roadrunner. The lesser roadrunner is the other species. The greater roadrunner is also called the "ground cuckoo" and the "snake killer".

1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Geococcyx californianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.old-form url
2. ↑ "Geococcyx californianus (Lesson, 1829)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 February 2006.