Greater prairie chicken

Greater prairie chicken
	Male displaying in Illinois, USA
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Genus:	Tympanuchus
Species:	T. cupido
Binomial name
	Tympanuchus cupido; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
	Tympanuchus cupido attwateri; Tympanuchus cupido cupido†; Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus
	Distribution map of the Greater Prairie-Chicken. ; Pale and dark green: pre-settlement ; Dark green: current year-round
Synonyms
	Tetrao cupido Linnaeus, 1758

The greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), also known as a boomer, is a large bird in the grouse family.[2] They come from North America. There used to be many of them. Because of habitat destruction, there are few left in some parts of its range. In other parts, there are none at all. People are trying to save the ones that are left.

Adults of both sexes are medium to large birds. They are similar to chickens. They have round wings and short tails.

References

BirdLife International (2012). "Tympanuchus cupido". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.old-form url
"The Last Prairie Chickens". Chicago Reader. 20 July 1989. Retrieved Mar 31, 2015.

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Tympanuchus cupido". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.old-form url

[2] "The Last Prairie Chickens". Chicago Reader. 20 July 1989. Retrieved Mar 31, 2015.