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;[[:Category:Tympanuchus|Tympanuchus]] cupido | ;[[:Category:Tympanuchus|Tympanuchus]] cupido | ||
| − | [[Image:Greater_Prairie-Chicken.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by earthimages<br /> | + | [[Image:Greater_Prairie-Chicken.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by earthimages <br />Buena Vista National Grasslands, [[Wisconsin]], USA]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
The entire body is covered in bars. The image shown at right is a Male Adult in display. | The entire body is covered in bars. The image shown at right is a Male Adult in display. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | The Attwater's subspecies of the Texas coastal grasslands is critically endangered. The eastern seaboard subspecies (" | + | The Attwater's subspecies of the Texas coastal grasslands is critically endangered. The eastern seaboard subspecies ("Heath Hen") is extinct. |
| − | The species itself belongs to the Genus [[Tympanuchus]]. | + | The species itself belongs to the Genus [[:Category:Tympanuchus]]. |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
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- Tympanuchus cupido
Identification
The entire body is covered in bars. The image shown at right is a Male Adult in display.
Distribution
Mainy seen in Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Missouri, with smaller populations in North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Oklahoma, Iowa, and Texas.
Taxonomy
The Attwater's subspecies of the Texas coastal grasslands is critically endangered. The eastern seaboard subspecies ("Heath Hen") is extinct. The species itself belongs to the Genus Category:Tympanuchus.
Habitat
Seen in tallgrass prairies.
Behaviour
Often seen in flocks of over 15.
