Personal observation: When the male does his mating call, he starts out with his head raised very high; with each "coo" he lowers his head a bit until the last call is made with his beak touching the ground. If anyone can find a reference to this behavour, I think it would make an interesting addition to the page.
"It is said that some road runners can be up to 3.2 feet tall although most range from 1-2.6 feet tall."
The word "tall" is inappropriate and the numbers are both suspect and unsourced. This sentence should be removed.
The size of the roadrunner needs updating, currently reads Template:Convert/Meters to 24 inches (61 cm). Jeh506 ( talk) 08:53, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
How fast can they run?
Don't know, but quite fast, that's for sure. Dora Nichov 10:09, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thats dumb u dont even say the exact speed
Who's dumb!? I just said what I knew, what's wrong with that, you rude... Dora Nichov 11:16, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
There is a lot of overlap in the three articles. I'm not sure if they should be merged into one article or handled another way. Rsduhamel ( talk) 16:54, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
After comparing to other articles I think there should be three separate articles. The geococcyx article should be renamed "roadrunner" to be consistent with the naming of similar articles. Also, much of the information in the geococcyx article should be merged with the greater roadrunner article. Rsduhamel ( talk) 19:08, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
I have heard that the Roadrunner is playful and will chase moving objects such as golf balls, despite knowing they aren't food. However the only source I can find online regarding this was written in the 30's by 'Oren Arnold' in a book titled 'Wild Life in the Southwest (page 90)'! Has anyone ever heard of Roadrunners behaving like this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asdasd23 ( talk • contribs) 11:17, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
How well can these fly? Do they basically just use the wings for jumping like chickens, or can they fly properly but just don' feel like it? 85.157.76.57 ( talk) 06:35, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. The consensus is that the proposed title is the common name for the genus and that, as both species can be referred to as "roadrunners", it also remains the primary topic. Jenks24 ( talk) 12:57, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
Geococcyx →
Roadrunner – Currently redirects here and is in the lead, while Geococcyx was not mentioned in the lead until I added it a minute ago. Our pages on the two species use "roadrunner", which is clearly the common name.
Srnec (
talk) 16:31, 15 August 2015 (UTC) --Relisted.
George Ho (
talk)
06:24, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
*'''Support'''
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polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account
Wikipedia's policy on article titles.As well as mentioning the medicine and evil spirit ward aspects of the Roadrunner bird in cultures, it seems to me that The Road Runner, arch nemesis of Wile E Coyote, ought to get an honourable mention, at least? "meep-meep"
This section is copied mostly verbatim from its source material ( Native American Roadrunner Mythology. While I don't believe the plagiarism was ill-intended, the section should be rewritten to bring the entry in line with Wikipedia's core content policies. This is a likely example of close paraphrasing, so I've added the appropriate template to the page in question.
It would appear this section was originally authored by Desertpilot. I would be happy to discuss.
-- Michael.j.champlin ( talk) 20:45, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
It's worth noting (with sources about this somehwere) that the greater RR, at least, can expand its mouth and throat like many snakes; it can easily swallow an entire adult sparrow or similar-sized bird whole (and sometimes alive-but-badly-battered). I've actually filmed this myself, but the footage was so bad it turned out useless (think first-generation Motorola Droid, recording from about 30 feet away). I've heard anecdotally that big ones can even swallow an entire blue jay. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 16:47, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
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Personal observation: When the male does his mating call, he starts out with his head raised very high; with each "coo" he lowers his head a bit until the last call is made with his beak touching the ground. If anyone can find a reference to this behavour, I think it would make an interesting addition to the page.
"It is said that some road runners can be up to 3.2 feet tall although most range from 1-2.6 feet tall."
The word "tall" is inappropriate and the numbers are both suspect and unsourced. This sentence should be removed.
The size of the roadrunner needs updating, currently reads Template:Convert/Meters to 24 inches (61 cm). Jeh506 ( talk) 08:53, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
How fast can they run?
Don't know, but quite fast, that's for sure. Dora Nichov 10:09, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thats dumb u dont even say the exact speed
Who's dumb!? I just said what I knew, what's wrong with that, you rude... Dora Nichov 11:16, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
There is a lot of overlap in the three articles. I'm not sure if they should be merged into one article or handled another way. Rsduhamel ( talk) 16:54, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
After comparing to other articles I think there should be three separate articles. The geococcyx article should be renamed "roadrunner" to be consistent with the naming of similar articles. Also, much of the information in the geococcyx article should be merged with the greater roadrunner article. Rsduhamel ( talk) 19:08, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
I have heard that the Roadrunner is playful and will chase moving objects such as golf balls, despite knowing they aren't food. However the only source I can find online regarding this was written in the 30's by 'Oren Arnold' in a book titled 'Wild Life in the Southwest (page 90)'! Has anyone ever heard of Roadrunners behaving like this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asdasd23 ( talk • contribs) 11:17, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
How well can these fly? Do they basically just use the wings for jumping like chickens, or can they fly properly but just don' feel like it? 85.157.76.57 ( talk) 06:35, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. The consensus is that the proposed title is the common name for the genus and that, as both species can be referred to as "roadrunners", it also remains the primary topic. Jenks24 ( talk) 12:57, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
Geococcyx →
Roadrunner – Currently redirects here and is in the lead, while Geococcyx was not mentioned in the lead until I added it a minute ago. Our pages on the two species use "roadrunner", which is clearly the common name.
Srnec (
talk) 16:31, 15 August 2015 (UTC) --Relisted.
George Ho (
talk)
06:24, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
*'''Support'''
or *'''Oppose'''
, then sign your comment with ~~~~
. Since
polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account
Wikipedia's policy on article titles.As well as mentioning the medicine and evil spirit ward aspects of the Roadrunner bird in cultures, it seems to me that The Road Runner, arch nemesis of Wile E Coyote, ought to get an honourable mention, at least? "meep-meep"
This section is copied mostly verbatim from its source material ( Native American Roadrunner Mythology. While I don't believe the plagiarism was ill-intended, the section should be rewritten to bring the entry in line with Wikipedia's core content policies. This is a likely example of close paraphrasing, so I've added the appropriate template to the page in question.
It would appear this section was originally authored by Desertpilot. I would be happy to discuss.
-- Michael.j.champlin ( talk) 20:45, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
It's worth noting (with sources about this somehwere) that the greater RR, at least, can expand its mouth and throat like many snakes; it can easily swallow an entire adult sparrow or similar-sized bird whole (and sometimes alive-but-badly-battered). I've actually filmed this myself, but the footage was so bad it turned out useless (think first-generation Motorola Droid, recording from about 30 feet away). I've heard anecdotally that big ones can even swallow an entire blue jay. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 16:47, 20 March 2021 (UTC)