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Greater Roadrunner

Geococcyx californianus

Habitat:

Desert

Notes:

This is a large cuckoo. Typically, they are found on the ground, but this one was on a roof. The Latin name means "California ground dwelling cuckoo".

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3 Comments

JoshuaGSmith
JoshuaGSmith 9 years ago

Thanks! It actually stood still for 30 seconds.

jeslowery
jeslowery 9 years ago

Awesome work getting a picture! I couldn't get a photo of the one we saw.

Desmond.E.S.O
Desmond.E.S.O 9 years ago

I'm never able to get shots of these guys.

JoshuaGSmith
Spotted by
JoshuaGSmith

Arizona, USA

Spotted on Feb 8, 2015
Submitted on Feb 9, 2015

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