What is a Roadrunner?
A roadrunner is a form of ground dwelling cuckoo found in the American Southwest. There are actually two species of roadrunner, known as the greater and lesser roadrunner, although the greater roadrunner is probably the more well known of the two. These birds have become iconic thanks to their role in the Wile E. Coyote cartoons, and, contrary to popular belief, real roadrunners don’t actually say “beep beep,” but rather they communicate through a series of cooing calls and beak clattering.
