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Tympanuchus cupido

Displaying adult male
Photo by ruby99
Northeast Colorado, USA, April 2010

[edit] Identification

The entire body is covered in bars.

Male of the Attwater's subpecies
Photo by Greg Lavaty
Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR, Texas, USA, July 2009

Female of the Attwater's subpecies
Photo by Greg Lavaty
Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR, Texas, USA, July 2009

[edit] Distribution

Mainly seen in Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Missouri, with smaller populations in Colorado, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Oklahoma, Iowa, and Texas.

[edit] Taxonomy

The Attwater's subspecies of the Texas coastal grasslands is critically endangered. The eastern seaboard subspecies, the "Heath Hen" is extinct. The species itself belongs to the Genus Category:Tympanuchus.

[edit] Habitat

Seen in tallgrass prairies.

[edit] Behaviour

Often seen in flocks of over 15.

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