Pheasants & Allies

Lesser Prairie Chicken

Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

The Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) is a 746 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Pheasants & Allies

Order

Galliformes

Weight

746 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in United States.

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