Multiple choice general knowledge

In the famous Warner Brothers cartoons, a fast-moving bird called a “road runner” makes life difficult for a not-so-wily coyote. The real road runner is actually a type of:

  1. Cuckoo

  2. Pheasant

  3. stork

  4. turkey
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Explanation

Road runners are actually ground cuckoos belonging to the family Cuculidae and genus Geococcyx. They share key characteristics with cuckoos including zygodactyl feet and similar skeletal structure. Pheasants, storks, and turkeys belong to entirely different bird families and are not related to road runners.

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