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The roadrunners (genus Geococcyx), also known as chaparral birds or chaparral cocks, are two species of fast-running ground cuckoos with long tails and crests. They are found in the southwestern and south-central United States, Mexico and Central America, [2] [3] usually in the desert. Although capable of flight, roadrunners generally run away ...
The complex ecology of chaparral habitats supports a very large number of animal species. The following is a short list of birds which are an integral part of the cismontane chaparral ecosystems. Wrentit, the most characteristic bird of the chaparral Characteristic chaparral bird species include: Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata)
The greater roadrunner is the state bird of New Mexico and, as such, appeared in a 1982 sheet of 20-cent United States stamps showing 50 state birds and flowers. [44] It is also the mascot of numerous high schools and colleges in the United States, including California State University, Bakersfield and the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Typical birds of the region include scrub jays, wrentits, and rufous-sided towhees. Predatory birds include great horned owls and red-tailed hawks. [5]: 374–377 The California gnatcatcher is a small bird, endemic to this coastal ecoregion, which has been protected as its habitat is now designated an Important Bird Area.
Geococcyx, a genus of birds commonly known as roadrunners, also known as chaparral birds, chaparral cocks, or chaparrals; Larrea divaricata, a South American plant also known as chaparral; Larrea tridentata, a North American plant, also known as the creosote bush, used in Native American medicine and modern herbology under the name of chaparral
Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion — located in California and Baja California
Some species of male birds dance to impress their mates, such as the complicated dance routine of the little red-capped manakin or the flashy display of the male peacock. In other species, the ...
The wrentit (Chamaea fasciata) is a small bird that lives in chaparral, oak woodlands, and bushland on the western coast of North America. It is the only species in the genus Chamaea . Its systematics have been the subject of much debate, the wrentit having been placed in many different families by different authors for as long as it has been ...