Lesser Prairie Chicken
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus(Ridgway, R, 1873)
English (US) Lesser Prairie Chicken
The Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phasianidae (Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) in the order Galliformes.
Range: arid grassland of south-central USARange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Lesser Prairie Chicken
- Described by
- (Ridgway, R, 1873)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cupidonia cupido var. pallidicincta
- Described by
- (Ridgway, R, 1873)
- Type locality
- Prairies of Texas near lat. 32° N.
- Original description
- Forest and Stream 1 p.289
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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