New Mexico (sole state)

The Rebel Roadrunner — New Mexico

Land of Enchantment's bird runs faster than it flies.

Rebel Roadrunner — New Mexico
Rebel Roadrunner — New Mexico
Greater Roadrunner at Tingley Beach, Albuquerque NM (Wikimedia Commons)
Roadrunner — New Mexico in the wild

The Land of Enchantment's bird runs faster than it flies

New Mexico adopted the Greater Roadrunner in 1949. A bird that prefers running to flying, hunts rattlesnakes, and lives at every elevation NM has — from the Rio Grande Valley to the southern Rockies. NM doesn't have a more characteristic bird.

Where it fits

New Mexico's state bird, alone. The Greater Roadrunner lives across the Southwest, but only NM claims it.

Why a Greater Roadrunner

  • It runs 20 mph. Hunts on foot. Will fly only if it has to.
  • It eats rattlesnakes. Pairs work together to flank a snake. A bird that takes on what other birds avoid.
  • It's at home in heat. Sonoran and Chihuahuan Desert specialist. Temperature-tested.

What "rebel" adds in New Mexico

New Mexico is Land of Enchantment — multi-cultural high-desert roots, Spanish-and-Pueblo-and-Anglo character older than statehood, and a sky-above-mesas independence. The Rebel Roadrunner is for the version of you that takes the back road through Mora County, that knows the chile by who grew it, that sticks with the local. Land of Enchantment character: place-rooted, deeply patient, neighbor-first by reflex.

Coming soon

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In the meantime

States
New Mexico (sole state)
Bird family
Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Status
Year-round resident across the Southwest.

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