Texas is home to several species of woodpecker. They are found across much of the United States and Texas in habitats with trees. Some species or types of woodpeckers will live in habitats with tall cacti too. Texas woodpeckers range in size from the small sparrow-sized Downy Woodpecker to the larger crow-sized Pileated Woodpecker. While they are different sizes, they all have the same adaptations. They are all colored black and white often with red and yellow patterns too. Woodpeckers are named for the behavior they use to find food.
The roadrunner is a bird named because of its ability to run quickly. Roadrunners are in the cuckoo family. In Latin, the scientific name Geococcyx californianus actually means Californian earth-cuckoo. In Texas we have the Greater Roadrunner, one of two species or types of roadrunners found in the world. The other type, the Lesser Roadrunner, lives in Central America and Mexico. Greater Roadrunners live year-round in the southwestern part of the United States, across Texas and Oklahoma and into Mexico.
Texas is home to several species of woodpecker. They are found across much of the United States and Texas in habitats with trees. Some species or types of woodpeckers will live in habitats with tall cacti too. Texas woodpeckers range in size from the small sparrow-sized Downy Woodpecker to the larger crow-sized Pileated Woodpecker. While they are different sizes, they all have the same adaptations. They are all colored black and white often with red and yellow patterns too. Woodpeckers are named for the behavior they use to find food. 
The roadrunner is a bird named because of its ability to run quickly. Roadrunners are in the cuckoo family. In Latin, the scientific name Geococcyx californianus actually means Californian earth-cuckoo. In Texas we have the Greater Roadrunner, one of two species or types of roadrunners found in the world. The other type, the Lesser Roadrunner, lives in Central America and Mexico. Greater Roadrunners live year-round in the southwestern part of the United States, across Texas and Oklahoma and into Mexico.