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== Species == The subfamily [[Neomorphinae]], the New World ground cuckoos, includes 11 species of birds,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Neomorphinae.html |first1=P. R. |last1=Myers |first2= C. S. | last2 = Parr | first3 = T. | last3 = Jones | first4 = G. S. | last4 = Hammond |first5 = T. A. | last5 = Dewey |title=Neomorphinae (New World ground cuckoos) |work=Animal Diversity Web |publisher=University of Michigan |access-date=2009-08-12}}</ref> while the genus ''Geococcyx'' has just two:<ref>{{cite web|last=Avian Web|title=Roadrunners|url=http://www.beautyofbirds.com/roadrunners.html|access-date=3 May 2012}}</ref> {{Species table |genus= Geococcyx |authority-name=[[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]]|authority-year=1831 |species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}} {{Species table/row |name= Greater roadrunner|binomial=[[Geococcyx californianus]] |image=File:The Greater Roadrunner Walking.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Lesson |authority-year=1829 |authority-not-original=yes |range= [[Mexico]] and the southwestern and south-central [[United States]]<ref>{{cite web|work=Avian Web|title=Greater Roadrunners|url=http://www.beautyofbirds.com/greaterroadrunners.html|access-date=3 May 2012}}</ref> |range-image=File:Geococcyx californianus map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name=Lesser roadrunner |binomial=[[Geococcyx velox]] |image=File:Lesser Roadrunner - Mexico S4E1497.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Wagner |authority-year=1836 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Mexico and [[Central America]]<ref>{{cite web|work=Avian Web|title=Lesser Roadrunners|url=http://www.beautyofbirds.com/lesserroadrunners.html|access-date=3 May 2012}}</ref> |range-image=File:Geococcyx Velox Map Small.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/end}}
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