prairie chicken
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prairie chicken
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Either of two birds (Tympanuchus cupido or T. pallidicinctus) of the grouse family, found in western North America and having deep-chested bodies and mottled brownish plumage.
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prairie chicken
Either of two species of North American grouse (genus Tympanuchus) noted for lek displays (group courtship displays). The greater prairie chicken is about 18 in. (45 cm) long and may weigh almost 2 lbs (1 kg). Its brown plumage is strongly barred below, and it has a short, rounded, dark tail. It occurs locally from Saskatchewan to coastal Texas and Louisiana; northernmost birds are somewhat migratory. The eastern subspecies, the heath hen, is extinct. The lesser prairie chicken, smaller and paler, inhabits the arid western central Great Plains. The sharp-tailed grouse (Pedioecetes) is locally called prairie chicken.
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prairie chicken
American game bird, Tympanuchus cupido and T. pallidicinctus.
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Prairie Chicken
Prairie Chicken refers to several birds in the genus Tympanuchus:
- Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)
- Attwater's Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri)
- Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido)
- Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus
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