prairiechicken

prairiechicken
prairie chicken n.
Either of two birds (Tympanuchus cupido or T. pallidicinctus) of the grouse family, found in western North America and having deep-chested bodies and mottled brownish plumage.

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Universalium. 2010.

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  • Attwater's Prairie Chicken — Taxobox name = Attwater s Prairie Chicken status = EN | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Galliformes familia = Tetraonidae genus = Tympanuchus species = T. cupido subspecies = T. c. attwateri… …   Wikipedia

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