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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    "Boomers" nickname comes from a common nickname for males of the greater prairie chicken species, a bird which was once abundant in the Midwest but is now...
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    jacana, yellow-headed caracara, ruffed grouse, Southern lapwing and greater prairie chicken. Aquatic mammal species are represented by the bottlenose dolphin...
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  • to the arrival of Europeans, North American prairies were habitat for millions of greater prairie chickens. In Illinois alone, their numbers plummeted...
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    the subregion. Birds in the Osage Plains include the threatened greater prairie-chicken, Henslow's sparrow, dickcissel, loggerhead shrike, field sparrow...
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    in Henry County, Illinois. "Kewanee" is the Winnebago word for greater prairie chicken, which lived there. The population was 12,509 in the 2020 census...
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    crested fireback (L. ignita) Lesser Bornean crested fireback (L. i. ignita) Greater Bornean crested fireback (L. i. nobilis) Malayan crested fireback (L. rufa)...
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    Schaumburg Boomers named after the "booming dance" of the male Greater Prairie Chicken and the team earned a 54–42 record during its Inaugural Season...
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    diminutive of the Latin phasianus meaning "pheasant". The greater prairie chicken, lesser prairie chicken, and sharp-tailed grouse make up the genus Tympanuchus...
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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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  • Missouri, associated with Taberville Prairie include the greater prairie chicken. Protected Area Profile for Taberville Prairie Conservation Area from the World...
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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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  • mountain beaver A colloquial name for the American red squirrel The greater prairie chicken, a type of grouse native to North America Marc Maron's cat Owen...
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    hemonius) and coyote (Canis latrans). Birds include the Lesser Prairie Chicken, greater prairie chicken, dickcissel and loggerhead shrike. This ecoregion is home...
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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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    fuliginosus LC Sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus LC Greater prairie-chicken, Tympanuchus cupido (Ex) NT Grey partridge, Perdix perdix (I) LC...
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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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  • pursues upland birds including quail, pheasant, grouse, woodcock, prairie chicken, chukar, grey partridge, and other landfowls. Unlike aquatic and semiaquatic...
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  • cupido, a species of cichlid Tympanuchus cupido, the North American greater prairie chicken Cupido (group), a Spanish band that released the 2019 song "Autoestima"...
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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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