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Roadrunner By: Tucker Rolen  richard-seaman.com

[|Wagler], 1831 ||  //G. velox// || Wikipedia I am researching the Geococcyx Californianus also known as the Greater Roadrunner.
 * Kingdom: || [|Animalia] ||
 * Phylum: || [|Chordata] ||
 * Class: || [|Aves] ||
 * Order: || [|Cuculiformes] ||
 * Family: || [|Cuculidae] ||
 * Subfamily: || [|Neomorphinae] ||
 * Genus: || //**Geococcyx**//
 * ~ species ||
 * < //G. californianus//

Family- The roadrunner is from the family cuculidae, which is mostly made up of birds. They are also very exotic and colorful. This includes koels, malkohas, couas, and coucals.

Movement- They move very quickly on two feet. They can run up to 20 miles per hour. They have to be really good at running so they can get food and run over rough terrain. They are fast enough to catch a rattlesnake.

Eating- The roadrunner has a wide variety of food that it eats. Mostly spiders, rattlesnakes, lizards, and other rodents. It eats from pecking things with its beak.

Where are they located- The roadrunner is mostly located in parts of Mexico, kansas and other southwestern parts of the U.S.

Predators- The roadrunner has many predators like coyotes, raccoons, hawks, skunks, and rarely house cats. You might also know the roadrunner on a Looney Tune cartoon where the coyote is hunting down the roadrunner!

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