Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | correcamins gros |
| Croatian | kukavica trkačica |
| Czech | kukačka kohoutí |
| Dutch | Grote Renkoekoek |
| English | Greater Roadrunner |
| English (United States) | Greater Roadrunner |
| French | Grand Géocoucou |
| French (France) | Grand Géocoucou |
| German | Wegekuckuck |
| Icelandic | Sprettgaukur |
| Japanese | オオミチバシリ |
| Norwegian | storløpegjøk |
| Polish | kukawka kalifornijska |
| Russian | Калифорнийская кукушка-подорожник |
| Serbian | Ptica trkačica |
| Slovak | kukuľa zemná |
| Spanish | Correcaminos Grande |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Correcaminos Norteño |
| Spanish (Spain) | Correcaminos grande |
| Swedish | större tuppgök |
| Turkish | Büyük Yerkoşarı |
| Ukrainian | Таязура-подорожник каліфорнійська |
Geococcyx californianus (Lesson, 1829)
Definitions
- GEOCOCCYX
- californiana / californianus / californica
The Key to Scientific Names
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Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 28, 2011
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
Authors
Janice M. Hughes
Recommended Citation
Hughes, J. M. (2020). Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.greroa.01
Birds of North America
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Version 2.0
- Revision
- October 28, 2011
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
Authors
Janice M. Hughes
Revisors
Janice M. Hughes
Recommended Citation
Hughes, J. M. (2011). Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.244
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Print Version (requires subscription to access)
- January 1, 1996
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
Recommended Citation
Hughes, J. M. 1996. Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus). In The Birds of North America, No. 244 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington D.C. https://doi.org/10.2173/tbna.244.p
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- June 12, 2013
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
Authors
Robert B. Payne and Eduardo de Juana
Revisors
Eduardo de Juana
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. and E. de Juana (2013). Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
