chaparral cock
Geococcyx californianus latin

This roadrunner is also known as the chaparral cock, ground cuckoo, and snake killer.

The roadrunner is also called a chaparral bird and a chaparral cock.

If only he had inquired about the anonymous bits of meat in the stews, he might have preferred the truly succulent chaparral cocks.

Fetterson was down there with the one they called Paisano, because he gave a man a feeling that he was some kin to a chaparral cock or road runner.

The monsignor was attended by his own staff, and ate mush and herbs with the monks in the refectory-quail and chaparral cocks being unaccountably scarce that season, so the huntsmen reported.

Brother Huntsman snared plump quail and chaparral cocks for the guest's table; but after inquiring about the feeding habits of the chaparral cocks ("Corn fed, Brother?"

Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)

The Greater Roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus inhabits Mexico and the southwestern United States.

Native birds include the greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) and wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo).

The Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx Californianus) is one of the two species of the Roadrunner.

The Lesser roadrunner resembles the Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) in appearance and habit but is smaller and has a significantly shorter bill.

Conkling's Roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus conklingi (Inland SW North America)

The Greater Roadrunner, taxonomically classified as Geococcyx californianus, meaning "Californian Earth-cuckoo," is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae.

This Coyote and Roadrunner short is notable for being the only one so far to use the real taxonomic names Geococcyx californianus (Greater Roadrunner) and Canis latrans (Coyote) instead of the usual pseudo-Latin names.