Greater prairie chicken  (Tympanuchus cupido)

Facts

Previously known as:Tetrao cupido
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Galliformes
Family Tetraonidae
Genus Tympanuchus (1)
Size Size: 43 cm (2)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU A2bc+3bc) on the IUCN Red List 2004 (1). Three subspecies are recognised: the Attwater's prairie hen (T. c. attwateri) and the greater prairie chicken (T. c. pinnatus) are classified as Vulnerable and the heath hen (T. c. cupido) as extinct on the IUCN Red List 2004 (1). The Attwater's prairie hen (T. c. attwateri) is listed under Appendix I of CITES (3).