where does a roadrunner live in the desert
mountainous shrubland arid lowland
title: Roadrunner text: and generally prefer sprinting to flying, though it will fly to escape predators. During flight, the short, rounded wings reveal a white crescent in the primary feathers. The roadrunner has a slow and descending dove-like "coo". It also makes a rapid, vocalized clattering sound with its beak. Roadrunners inhabit the deserts of the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America. They live in arid lowland or mountainous shrubland, widely dispersed in dry open country with scattered brush. They are non-migratory, staying in their breeding area year-round. The greater roadrunner is not currently considered threatened in the US, but is habitat-limited. title: Roadrunner text: The roadrunner is an opportunistic omnivore. Its diet normally consists of insects (such as grasshoppers, crickets, caterpillars, and beetles), small reptiles (such as lizards, collared lizards, and snakes, including rattlesnakes), rodents and other small mammals, spiders (including tarantulas), scorpions, centipedes, snails, small birds (and nestlings), eggs, and fruits and seeds like those from prickly pear cactuses and sumacs. The lesser roadrunner eats mainly insects. The roadrunner forages on the ground and, when hunting, usually runs after prey from under cover. It may leap to catch insects, and commonly batters certain prey against the ground. Because of its quickness, the roadrunner title: Roadrunner text: illness or to boost stamina and strength. The word for roadrunner in O'odham language is "Tadai" or "Taḏai" and is still used throughout Tucson, Arizona Roadrunner The roadrunners (genus Geococcyx), also known as chaparral birds or chaparral cocks, are two species of fast-running ground cuckoos with long tails and crests. They are found in the southwestern United States and Mexico, usually in the desert. Some have been clocked at . The subfamily Neomorphinae, the New World ground cuckoos, includes 11 species of birds, while the genus "Geococcyx" has just two, The roadrunner generally ranges in size from from tail to title: Desert text: this can vary due to evapotranspiration and soil nutrition. Semi deserts can be found in the Tabernas Desert (and some of the Spanish Plateau), The Sahel, The Eurasian Steppe, most of Central Asia, the Western US, most of Northern Mexico, portions of South America (especially in Argentina) and the Australian Outback. They usually feature "BSh" (hot steppe) or "BSk" (temperate steppe) in the Köppen climate classification. Coastal deserts are mostly found on the western edges of continental land masses in regions where cold currents approach the land or cold water upwellings rise from the ocean depths. The cool winds crossing title: Desert climate text: lower middle latitudes often between 20 and 33 north and south latitude. In these locations, stable descending air and high pressure aloft, create hot, arid, conditions with intense sunshine. Hot desert climates are generally hot, sunny and dry year-round. Hot desert climates are found across vast areas of North Africa, the Middle East, interior Australia, and smaller areas of the Southwestern United States, and Chile. At the time of high sun (summer), scorching, desiccating heat prevails. Hot-month average temperatures are normally between 29 and 35 C (85 to 95 F), and midday readings of 43 - 46 C (110-115 F)