Greater Roadrunner,Geococcyx californianus.
Uncommon permanent resident in small numbers that has been found in all seasons of the year
along unpaved roads or in pastures where there is a mixture of forest and farm clearings or
in lightly developed areas of towns. Severe winter weather in the late 1970s apparently
decimated this species in the Ozarks (see, for example, Evans and Probasco 1982). Reports
of more birds in the late 1980s suggests that the population is again reaching numbers typical
of the mid - 1970s. Severe winter weather reduces the prey upon which roadrunners depend.