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Geococcyx californianus (Greater roadrunner)
Taxonomy
Saurothera californiana was named by Lesson (1829). It is extant. It is the type species of Geococcyx.
It was misspelled as Geococcyx californicus by Guthrie (2010); it was recombined as Geococcyx californianus by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
It was misspelled as Geococcyx californicus by Guthrie (2010); it was recombined as Geococcyx californianus by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1829 | Saurothera californiana Lesson |
| 1930 | Geococcyx californianus Hay p. 347 |
| 1940 | Geococcyx californianus Wetmore p. 66 |
| 1942 | Geococcyx californianus Miller and DeMay p. 116 |
| 1956 | Geococcyx californianus Wetmore p. 84 |
| 2010 | Geococcyx californicus Guthrie p. 5 |
| 2014 | Geococcyx californianus del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Geococcyx californianus Clements et al. |
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Geococcyx californianus Lesson 1829 [Greater roadrunner]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available