Tympanuchus cupido [pinnatus or attwateri] (Greater Prairie-Chicken [pinnatus or attwateri])

Greater Prairie-Chicken [pinnatus or attwateri]

Tympanuchus cupido [pinnatus or attwateri] (= Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) (Brewster, 1885)

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Classification

Order:
  Galliformes
Family:
  Phasianidae
Genus:
   Tympanuchus
Scientific:
  Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus

Original description

Citation:
(Brewster, 1885)

Reference:
Auk p.82

Protonym:
Cupidonia pinnata

Link:
https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v002n01/p0080-p0084.pdf

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
B19C2DA66FC74117

Avibase ID:
avibase-B19C2DA6

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/B19C2DA6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175836

Geographic range:

Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus: S-central Canada to ne Oklahoma and n-central Tennessee
Tympanuchus cupido attwateri: Coastal se Texas

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Greater Prairie-Chicken [pinnatus or attwateri]
French:
Tétras des prairies [pinnatus ou attwateri]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.): Prairie Hen ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.): Prairie Chicken ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910): Prairie Chicken ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.): Prairie Chicken ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.): Prairie Chicken ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.): Prairie Chicken ( Tympanuchus americanus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Greater Prairie-Chicken [pinnatus or attwateri] ( Tympanuchus cupido [pinnatus or attwateri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Greater Prairie-Chicken [pinnatus or attwateri] ( Tympanuchus cupido [pinnatus or attwateri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Greater Prairie-Chicken [pinnatus or attwateri] ( Tympanuchus cupido [pinnatus or attwateri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Greater Prairie-Chicken [pinnatus or attwateri] ( Tympanuchus cupido [pinnatus or attwateri])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Tympanuchus cupido

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Other synonyms

English: Greater Prairie-Chicken [pinnatus or attwateri], Prairie Chicken, Prairie Hen
French: Tétras des prairies (pinnatus), Tétras des prairies [pinnatus ou attwateri]
Scientific: Cupidonia pinnata, Tympanuchus americanus, Tympanuchus cupido [pinnatus or attwateri], Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus