Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
Janice M. Hughes
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 28, 2011
Text last updated October 28, 2011
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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)
PROTONYM:
Saurothera californiana
Lesson, 1829. Complément des oeuvres de Buffon, ou histoire naturelle des animaux rares découverts par les naturalistes et les voyageurs depuis la mort de Buffon 6, p.420.
TYPE LOCALITY:
California.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GEOCOCCYX
- californiana / californianus / californica
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Greater Roadrunner
