Tympanuchus [cupido or pallidicinctus] (Greater or Lesser Prairie-chicken)

Greater or Lesser Prairie-chicken

Tympanuchus [cupido or pallidicinctus] (= Tympanuchus cupido) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.160

Protonym:
Tetrao Cupido

Type locality:
Virginia, ex Catesby.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/179/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
D04C5CDDC42E7BB0

Avibase ID:
avibase-D04C5CDD

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D04C5CDD

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175834

Geographic range:

Tympanuchus cupido cupido: Formerly ne US; extirpated ca 1932
Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus: S-central Canada to ne Oklahoma and n-central Tennessee
Tympanuchus cupido attwateri: Coastal se Texas
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus: Arid grasslands of s-central US

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Greater or Lesser Prairie-chicken
German:
Prärie-/Oklahomapräriehuhn
Spanish:
Gallo de Las Praderas Grande/Chico
Spanish (Spain):
Gallo de las praderas grande/chico
French:
Tétras des prairies ou T. pâle
Japanese (romaji):
sougenraichou/himesougenraichou
Japanese:
ソウゲンライチョウ/ヒメソウゲンライチョウ
Dutch:
Prairiehoen/Klein Prairiehoen
Norwegian:
storpræriejerpe/småpræriejerpe
Polish:
preriokur dwuczuby/mały
Portuguese (Portugal):
galo-das-pradarias-grande/galo-das-pradarias-pequeno
Russian:
Степной/Луговой тетерев
Slovak:
kupido prériový/malý
Serbian:
Velika prerijska koka/mala prerijska koka
Swedish:
större präriehöna/mindre präriehöna

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Greater or Lesser Prairie-chicken ( Tympanuchus [cupido or pallidicinctus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Greater or Lesser Prairie-chicken ( Tympanuchus [cupido or pallidicinctus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Greater or Lesser Prairie-chicken ( Tympanuchus [cupido or pallidicinctus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Greater or Lesser Prairie-chicken ( Tympanuchus [cupido or pallidicinctus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Greater or Lesser Prairie-chicken ( Tympanuchus [cupido or pallidicinctus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Greater or Lesser Prairie-chicken ( Tympanuchus [cupido or pallidicinctus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Greater or Lesser Prairie-chicken ( Tympanuchus [cupido or pallidicinctus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Greater or Lesser Prairie-chicken ( Tympanuchus [cupido or pallidicinctus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Greater or Lesser Prairie-chicken ( Tympanuchus [cupido or pallidicinctus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Greater or Lesser Prairie-chicken ( Tympanuchus [cupido or pallidicinctus])
eBird version 1.52: Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus cupido/pallidicinctus)
eBird version 1.53: Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus cupido/pallidicinctus)
eBird version 1.54: Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus cupido/pallidicinctus)
eBird version 1.55: Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus cupido/pallidicinctus)
eBird version 2015: Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus cupido/pallidicinctus)
eBird version 2016: Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus cupido/pallidicinctus)
eBird version 2017: Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus cupido/pallidicinctus)
eBird version 2018: Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus cupido/pallidicinctus)
eBird version 2019: Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus cupido/pallidicinctus)
eBird version 2021: Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus cupido/pallidicinctus)
eBird version 2022: Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus cupido/pallidicinctus)
eBird version 2023: Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus cupido/pallidicinctus)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: Gall de les praderies gros
Czech: tetřívek prériový
Danish: Præriehøne
German: Prärie-/Oklahomapräriehuhn, Präriehuhn
English: Greater or Lesser Prairie-chicken, Greater Prairie-chicken, Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken, Prairie Chicken, Prairie Hen
English, HBW: Greater/Lesser Prairie-chicken
English (IOC): Greater/Lesser Prairie Chicken
English (United States): Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Spanish: Gallo de las Praderas Grande, Gallo de Las Praderas Grande/Chico
Spanish (Spain): Gallo de las Praderas Grande/Chico
Spanish (HBW): Greater/Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Estonian: preeriapüü
Finnish: preeriakana
French: Tétras des prairies, Tétras des prairies ou T. pâle
Hungarian: nagy prérityúk
Italian: Gallo prataiolo maggiore
Japanese (romaji): sougenraichou, sougenraichou/himesougenraichou
Japanese: ソウゲンライチョウ, ソウゲンライチョウ/ヒメソウゲンライチョウ
Scientific: Tetrao Cupido, Tympanuchus [cupido or pallidicinctus], Tympanuchus americanus, Tympanuchus cupido, Tympanuchus cupido cupido, Tympanuchus cupido/pallidicinctus
Lithuanian: Didysis prerinis tetervinas
Dutch: Prairiehoen, Prairiehoen/Klein Prairiehoen
Norwegian: Storpræriejerpe, storpræriejerpe/småpræriejerpe
Polish: preriokur dwuczuby, preriokur dwuczuby/mały
Portuguese: Galo-das-pradarias-grande
Portuguese (Portugal): galo-das-pradarias-grande/galo-das-pradarias-pequeno
Russian: Луговой тетерев, Степной/Луговой тетерев
Slovak: kupido prériový, kupido prériový/malý
Slovenian: prerijska kokoš
Serbian: Velika /mala prerijska koka, Velika prerijska koka/mala prerijska koka
Swedish: Större präriehöna, större präriehöna/mindre präriehöna
Turkish: Büyük çayır/küçük çayır tavuğu
Ukrainian: Тетерук лучний
Chinese: 草原松鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 大草原榛雞