The Roadrunner
Geococcyx californianus
Roadrunners classification
Kingdom Animalia: All animals are part of the Kingdom Animalia, also called Metazoa. All members are multicellular, and all are also heterotrophs.
Phylum Chordata:
Bilateral symmetry
Segmented body, including segmented muscles
Sub Phylum Vertebrata: This domain includes animals that have a back bone.
Class Aves: Horny beak, no teeth
big muscular stomach
feathers
Order Cuculiformes: Cuckoos and relatives
Family Cuculidae: Cuckoos, roadrunners, and relatives
Genus Geococcyx: roadrunners
This is an up close picture of a roadrunner.
This is the back of a roadrunner.
Roadrunner map range
General Description
Communication and Perception: Roadrunners have a very strong of vocal muscles. They clicking noises that they make are used for mating calls.
Food habits: The roadrunner eats large insects such as scorpions, tarantula, centipedes, lizards, snakes, and mice.
Habitat:The roadrunner likes to live in Big deserts and other regions with a mix of scattered brush for cover and open grassy lands. They are likely to be found in grasslands.
Life Span: Roadrunner don't have a long life span. They only live for 7-8 years but living with wild and dangerous predators they can only live for 45 months.
Roadrunners Range: The Roadrunner is mostly found in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
Roadrunners Mass:
The roadrunners mass is 227 - 341 g
Wingspan and length: The roadrunners wingspan is 43 - 63 cm. Its length is 50 - 62 cm