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Greater Prairie-Chicken

Greater Prairie-Chicken
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Tetraonidae
Genus: Tymphanucus
Species: cupido
Binomial name
Tymphanucus cupido

The Greater Prairie-Chicken, Tymphanucus cupido, is a large bird in the grouse family. It is a North American species.

It has a distinctive subspecies called the Heath Hen, Tymphanucus cupido cupido.