Greater Prairie Chicken

Tympanuchus cupido

IUCN: Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Order
Galliformes
Family
Phasianidae
Genus
Tympanuchus
eBird Code
grpchi

Vocalizations

Sequoia Janirella Wrens · CC0_1_0
Jared Shorma · CC_BY_4_0
Jared Shorma · CC_BY_4_0
Katie Kucera · CC_BY_4_0
Millie Basden · CC_BY_4_0
Ryan Donnelly · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (3)

  • Tympanuchus cupido attwateri

    coastal southeastern Texas

  • Tympanuchus cupido cupido

    formerly northeastern USA; extirpated ca. 1932

  • Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus

    south-central Canada to northeastern Oklahoma and north-central Tennessee

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.