Greater roadrunner at Paignton Zoo, Devon
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
We are the only zoo in the UK to house greater roadrunners, that live in one of the exhibits next to the Avian Breeding Centre.
Beep beep! The greater roadrunner lives in dry scrubland areas in northern Mexico and the south-western USA.
They eat small animals, including insects, scorpions, rodents and reptiles.
Conservation
Other than ACME rockets and persistent coyotes, the main threats to wild roadrunners are habitat loss and predation by domestic cats.
Although their numbers have declined in recent years in some areas, roadrunners are currently considered to be of least concern and doing well in the wild.