Bugler Swan Skull Replica or Trumpeter Swan measures 7.7 inches, museum quality polyurethane cast. Bugler Swan Skull Replica 2-part skull (separate cranium & jaw). Made in USA.
The Bugler Swan or Trumpeter swan is the largest extant species of waterfowl, and both the heaviest and longest native bird of North America.
Adults usually measure 4 ft 6 in to 5 ft 5 in. long. The weight of adult birds is typically 15–30 lb.
Possibly due to seasonal variation based on food access and variability due to age, average weights in males have been reported to range from 24 to 28 lb. and from 21 to 23 lb. in females.
The Bugler Swan or Trumpeter swan’s wingspan ranges from 6 ft. 10 ft., with the wing chord measuring 24–27 in.
The adult Bugler Swan or Trumpeter swan’s plumage is entirely white. Like mute swan cygnets, the cygnets of the trumpeter swan have light grey plumage and pinkish legs, gaining their white plumage after about a year.
Trumpeter swan’s have upright posture and generally swims with a straight neck. The trumpeter swan has a large, wedge-shaped black bill that can, in some cases, be minimally lined with salmon-pink coloration around the mouth.
The bill, measuring 4.1–4.7 inches and is up to twice the length of a Canada goose’s bill and is the largest of any waterfowl.
The Bugler Swan or Trumpeter swan’s legs are gray-pink in color, though in some birds can appear yellowish gray to even black. The tarsus measures 4.1–4.7 in.
Bugler Swan or Trumpeter swan’s have similar calls to whooper swans and Bewick’s swans.
They are loud and somewhat musical creatures, with their cry sounding similar to a trumpet, which gave the bird its name.
Bugler Swan eggs are creamy to dull white, and are usually laid in April or early May. The eggs are about 4.5 inches long and 3 inches wide. The average clutch size for Trumpeter swans is 4 to 6 eggs, but can be up to 9.
The incubation period for Trumpeter swan eggs is 32 to 37 days. The female swan does most of the incubating and covers the eggs with down and other materials to keep them warm and hidden from predators.
The cygnets hatch with their eyes partially open and covered in mouse-gray or white down, leaving the next within 24 hours of hatching and are able to swim and feed. Within 90 to 120 days after hatching they are able to fly.
