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Greater roadrunner : ウィキペディア英語版 | Greater roadrunner
The greater roadrunner (''Geococcyx californianus'') is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, from Southwestern United States and Mexico. The Latin name means "Californian earth-cuckoo". Along with the lesser roadrunner, it is one of two species in the roadrunner genus ''Geococcyx''. This roadrunner is also known as the chaparral cock, ground cuckoo, and snake killer.〔 (Subscription required.)〕 == Description ==
The roadrunner is about long, has a wingspan and weighs . It stands around tall and is the largest cuckoos of the Americas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Greater Roadrunner )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Arizona State Bird )〕 Roadrunners have 4 toes on each zygodactyl foot; two face forward, and two face backward. The toes are brown in color and have pale gold spots. The upper body is mostly brown with black streaks and sometimes pink spots. The neck and upper breast are white or pale brown with dark brown streaks, and the belly is white. A crest of brown feathers sticks up on the head, and a bare patch of orange and blue skin lies behind each eye; the blue is replaced by white in adult males (except the blue adjacent to the eye), and the orange (to the rear) is often hidden by feathers.〔
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