roadrunners

Coyote's elusive quarry

Roadrunners are ground-dwelling birds of the American Southwest, famous for their speed on foot.

They can fly but prefer to run, reaching speeds over twenty miles per hour as they chase lizards, snakes, and insects.

The cartoon Road Runner, perpetually outrunning Wile E.

Coyote, made the bird iconic.

bird

chaparral

Dense, drought-adapted shrubbery

lizard · snake · rattlesnake · prey · beak · crest · tail · feathers · ground-dwelling · arid

cartoon

Looney Tunes

  • chaseRapid following of quarry
  • desertTo leave behind completely
  • cliffVertical rock wall

Wile E. Coyote · anvil · animation · Warner Bros · speed · tongue · purple · escape · slapstick · Bugs Bunny

sports

San Antonio

South-central Texas city

college · mascot · athletics · university · team · stadium · cheerleaders · fans · jersey · rivalry

Categories
Opposites
locomotion preference

roadrunnerseagles

Large predatory birds

hawks · albatrosses · swifts · hummingbirds · frigatebirds

habitat and lifestyle

roadrunnerspenguins

Flightless aquatic seabirds

ducks · waterfowl · seabirds · puffins · pelicans

speed and movement style

roadrunnerssloths

Extremely slow arboreal mammals

tortoises · snails · slugs · perching birds · ground sloths

Family

roadrunner

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G