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    The greater prairie-chicken or pinnated grouse (Tympanuchus cupido), sometimes called a boomer, is a large bird in the grouse family. This North American...
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    Tympanuchus (redirect from Prairie Chicken)
    as prairie-chickens. The genus Tympanuchus was introduced in 1841 by the German zoologist Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger for the greater prairie chicken...
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    Attwater's prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) is a highly endangered subspecies of the greater prairie-chicken that is native to coastal Texas...
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    hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido) is an extinct subspecies of the greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), a large North American bird in the grouse...
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  • insufficient to overcome the negative impact of genetic load. The greater prairie chicken is a ground-nesting bird with ecological and evolutionary hurdles...
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    and brown, slightly smaller and paler than its near relative the greater prairie-chicken (T. cupido). Adults range from 15.0 to 16.1 inches (38 to 41 cm)...
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    the greater prairie chickens, which were prevalent in North America until the 20th century. In Illinois alone, the number of greater prairie chickens plummeted...
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  • species associated with the tallgrass prairie habitat of south-central Illinois, especially the greater prairie chicken. The natural area is split between...
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  • writer, naturalist and ornithologist known for her work with the greater prairie chicken in Wisconsin, and for her research on birds of prey. Hamerstrom...
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    the IUCN as "least concern" or "near threatened", but the greater and lesser prairie chicken are listed as "vulnerable" and the Gunnison grouse is listed...
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