Lesser Roadrunner
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Lesser Roadrunner | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Cuculiformes | familia = Cuculidae | genus = Geococcyx | species = G. velox | binomial = Geococcyx velox | binomial_authority = (Wagner, 1836) }}
The Lesser Roadrunner, Geococcyx velox, is a large, long-legged member of the Cuckoo family, Cuculidae.
The Lesser roadrunner resembles the Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californiana) in appearance and habit but is smaller and has a significantly shorter bill. Its breeding range is in southwestern Mexico.
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