Attwater's prairie chicken

Attwater's prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) is a highly endangered subspecies of the greater prairie chicken that is native to coastal Texas and formerly Louisiana in the United States.

Attwater's prairie chicken

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Tympanuchus
Species:
Subspecies:
T. c. attwateri
Trinomial name
Tympanuchus cupido attwateri
Bendire, 1893
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