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Common Name

Greater Prairie Chicken

Alternate Names

Common Type

Prairie Chicken

Order

Galliformes

Family

Phasianidae

Genus

Tympanuchus

Species

cupido

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Location Photographed

Kansas

Number of Sub-Species

Three Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Undisturbed open plains that originally contained tallgrass prairies.

Distribution and Range

Midwest US

Food

Forage for seeds and fruit also insects and green plants.

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