Field Guide to the Prairie

Photo: Regis Cavignaux, Champenoux, France		Lesser Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Size:40 cm (16 in) Habitat/Range: Sandy prairies and plains. Resides in Colorado, Kansas, parts of Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico.
Smaller and less striking than the greater prairie chicken. The sacs the male inflates during courtship are red rather than orange. Find out where this bird lives in the National Biological Survey's distribution map.
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