Lesser Prairie Chicken
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 Lesser Prairie Chicken - USFWS photo
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| Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (Ridgway, 1873) |
The Lesser Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, is slightly smaller and paler than its near relative the Greater Prairie Chicken. It is found primarily in the sandhills and prairies of Western Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, and the Llano Estacado of Texas and Eastern New Mexico, and also rarely in Southeastern Colorado and Western Kansas. Like its larger relative, it is known for its lekking behavior.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Tympanuchus pallidicinctus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
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