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Bookmark or Share- Greater Prairie Chicken Facts | The Nature ConservancyLike its name, the greater prairie chicken is similar to a domesticated chicken in shape and size. Yet they look nothing like the common farm birds! Males have distinct, yellow eyebrows and brightly colored air sacs on their throats.
- Greater Prairie-Chicken - eBirdPlump, chickenlike bird found in grasslands. Body and wings entirely barred brown with paler buffy throat. In spring, males gather at display site and dance to attract females: look for them hunched over with earlike feathers protruding from the head and yellowish-orange skin exposed on the neck.
- Greater prairie-chicken - WikipediaThe greater prairie-chicken or pinnated grouse (Tympanuchus cupido), sometimes called a boomer, is a large bird in the grouse family. This North American species was once abundant, but has become extremely rare and extirpated over much of its range due to habitat loss.
- Greater Prairie-Chicken Range Map - All About BirdsFew performances in the bird world are more memorable than the dawn display of Greater Prairie-Chickens at their booming ground, or lek—the traditional spot where males dance, call, and try to impress females with their vigor.
- Greater Prairie-Chicken Identification - All About BirdsFew performances in the bird world are more memorable than the dawn display of Greater Prairie-Chickens at their booming ground, or lek—the traditional spot where males dance, call, and try to impress females with their vigor.
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