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Greater Prairie-Chicken [pinnatus or attwateri]

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




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


Original description

Citation:
  (Brewster, W 1885)

Reference:
   Auk 2, no.1 p.82

Protonym:
  Cupidonia pinnata

Type locality:
  Vermilion, South Dakota.

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: south-central Canada to northeastern Oklahoma and north-central Tennessee
  • Tympanuchus cupido attwateri: coastal southeastern Texas
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. 2023 (May 2023):
Greater Prairie-Chicken [pinnatus or attwateri] ( Tympanuchus cupido [pinnatus or attwateri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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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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

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