#tympanuchus

Attwater’s Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri), male, displaying on the lek, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, found on the Gulf Coastal Prairie of Texas, USA

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

Now found in 2 locations in the coastal area of TX, this subspecies was once found in grasslands all along the coasts of TX and LA.

A subspecies of the Greater Prairie Chicken.

Sharp-tailed grouse by André Bhérer

A lesser prairie chicken, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, in Kansas.

Photograph: James Mundy/Alamy

Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus), male, showing off on the lek, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge, MT, USA

Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), male, fully charged and showing off!, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, found on the north-central Great Plains of the United States