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Greater Roadrunner
| Color: |
Brown |
| Size: |
23" |
| Season: |
Year-round |
| Description: |
Unique among Arkansas' birds. Streaky brown body and long tail. Strong legs for running. Short, rounded wings. The crest can be lowered or raised. A red and blue patch may be visible behind the eye. |
| Voice: |
A series of low-pitched coos, coo coo coo coo coo coo.
Click here to listen |
| Habitat: |
Clearings associated with farms, lightly urbanized areas, sparse cedar forests, dry scrubby woods, and rock outcroppings. |
| Interesting Fact: |
Roadrunners are ground-loving cuckoos. They prefer to run after prey and away from danger rather than fly. They eat insects, scorpions, lizards, snakes, birds, rodents, eggs and anything else they can catch. |
| Scientific name: |
Geococcyx californianus |
| Order: |
Cuculiformes |
| Family: |
Cuculidae |
Adult Clark Reames |
Adult Janet Criswell |
Adult Janet Criswell |
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