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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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    p. attwateri. Attwater's prairie-chicken, T. c. attwateri is endangered and restricted to coastal Texas. The greater prairie-chicken, T. c. pinnatus...
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    populations of critically endangered Attwater's prairie chickens, a ground-dwelling grouse of the coastal prairie ecosystem. The 10,528-acre (43-km2) refuge...
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    mountainside, from 83°N (rock ptarmigan in northern Greenland) to 28°N (Attwater's prairie chicken in Texas). The turkeys are closely allied with grouse, but they...
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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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    tortoise American bison American lamancha Aoudad Arabian oryx Attwater's prairie chicken Axis deer Black-footed cat Black-tailed jackrabbit Blackbuck Blue...
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    columbianus) Greater prairie chicken (T. cupido) Heath hen (extinct) Attwater's prairie chicken (T. c. attwateri) Lesser prairie chicken (T. pallidicinctus)...
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    columbianus) Greater prairie chicken (T. cupido) Heath hen (extinct) Attwater's prairie chicken (T. c. attwateri) Lesser prairie chicken (T. pallidicinctus)...
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    Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, which shelters one of the last populations of the critically endangered Attwater's prairie-chicken...
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    critical habitat for the Attwater's prairie chickens (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri), over one million of which inhabited the prairie in Texas and Louisiana...
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    junglefowl, is of historical importance as the direct ancestor of the domestic chicken, although the grey junglefowl, Sri Lankan junglefowl and green junglefowl...
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    The poet Horace ridiculed the eating of peafowl, saying they tasted like chicken. Peafowl eggs were also valued. Gaius Petronius in his Satyricon also mocked...
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    (sage-grouse) Dendragapus Elliot, 1864 (blue grouse) Tympanuchus Gloger, 1841 (prairie-chickens and sharp-tailed grouse) Lagopus Brisson, 1760 (ptarmigans) Falcipennis...
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    columbianus) Greater prairie chicken (T. cupido) Heath hen (extinct) Attwater's prairie chicken (T. c. attwateri) Lesser prairie chicken (T. pallidicinctus)...
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    columbianus) Greater prairie chicken (T. cupido) Heath hen (extinct) Attwater's prairie chicken (T. c. attwateri) Lesser prairie chicken (T. pallidicinctus)...
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  • by the Attwater's Prairie Chicken Recovery Team, captive-bred bird releases were stopped in 2011. There are no more Attwater's prairie chickens on the...
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  • Thumbnail for Congo peafowl
    columbianus) Greater prairie chicken (T. cupido) Heath hen (extinct) Attwater's prairie chicken (T. c. attwateri) Lesser prairie chicken (T. pallidicinctus)...
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    columbianus) Greater prairie chicken (T. cupido) Heath hen (extinct) Attwater's prairie chicken (T. c. attwateri) Lesser prairie chicken (T. pallidicinctus)...
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    through the country of Turkey. The Latin species name gallopāvō means "chicken peacock". The modern domestic turkey is descended from the South Mexican...
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    fire ants may indirectly contribute to low brood survival in the Attwater's prairie chicken. It was first thought that the ants were linked to the decline...
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    Damerow, Gail (15 January 2013). Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks: Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Guinea Fowl. Storey Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-61212-014-0...
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    many people to believe that in the wild, only 10 individuals of Attwater's prairie chicken remained at most until Spring 2018, when it was discovered that...
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    genome was found to have less repetitive DNA (8.62%) than that of the chicken genome (9.45%). PSMC analysis suggested that the peacock suffered at least...
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    plumage of cocks and hens. The eggs are about the same size and form as chicken eggs, but are more speckled with brown spots. The capercaillie is a non-migratory...
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    for the greater prairie chicken would be Tympanuchus pinnatus pinnatus, Tympanuchus pinnatus attwateri for Attwater's prairie chicken, and the heath hen...
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    including black rhino, leopard, golden lion tamarin, dama gazelle, Attwater's prairie chicken (housed and bred off-exhibit), black mangabey, African lion, black-footed...
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    and ptarmigans - Family Tetraonidae Grouse, ptarmigans, and prairie chickens are all chicken-like birds with short, curved, strong bills, part of the family...
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    those of other prairie birds and waterfowl that inhabit the same areas.  This phenomenon has been observed in grey partridges; prairie chickens; several types...
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  • Lesser prairie chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (Ridgway, 1873) Greater prairie chicken, Tympanuchus cupido (Linnaeus, 1758) Attwater's prairie chicken, T...
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    Texas bullnettle (Cnidoscolus texanus), Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado Co., TX, USA; 15 May 2013...
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