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Ground Cuckoo Skull Replica or Greater Roadrunner 3.7 in, museum quality polyurethane cast. Ground Cuckoo Skull Replica is 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw). Made in USA.
Ground Cuckoo or Greater Roadrunner Bird is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, from the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
The upper body is mostly brown with black streaks and sometimes pink spots. The neck and upper breast are white or pale brown with dark brown streaks, and the belly is white.
A crest of brown feathers sticks up on the head, and a bare patch of orange and blue skin lies behind each eye; the blue is replaced by white in adult males and the orange is often hidden by feathers.
The vocalizations of the Ground Cuckoo or greater roadrunner have seven distinct variants. The most frequent call is a slow and descending sequence of about six low, cooing noises, emitted by the male and which is heard 820 feet away.
Ground Cuckoo females give off a number of up to twenty-two short, low-frequency shrills, resembling coyote squeals, which can be heard 1,000 feet away.
Until a mate is found, the greater roadrunner typically lives a solitary life. The Ground Cuckoo is monogamous, forming long-term pair bonds. Greater roadrunner couples defend a territory of about 7,500 to 8,600 sq ft.
The Ground Cuckoo or greater roadrunner uses its speed to run down prey. It feeds mainly on small animals, such as insects, spiders (including black widows and tarantulas), centipedes, scorpions, mice, small birds, lizards and small snakes.
Venomous serpents, including small rattlesnakes, are readily consumed. They are opportunistic and are known to feed on carrion.
