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Tympanuchus cupido (Greater Prairie-Chicken; Greater Prairie Chicken)

Synonyms: Cupidonia americanus; Cupidonia cupido; Tetrao cupido; Tympanuchus americanus

Wikipedia Abstract

The greater prairie chicken or pinnated grouse (Tympanuchus cupido), sometimes called a boomer, is a large bird in the grouse family. This North American species was once abundant, but has become extremely rare and extirpated over much of its range due to habitat loss. Conservation measures are underway to ensure the sustainability of existing small populations. One of the most famous aspects of these creatures is the mating ritual called booming.
View Wikipedia Record: Tympanuchus cupido

Infraspecies

Tympanuchus cupido attwateri (Attwater's Greater Prairie Chicken) (Attributes)
Tympanuchus cupido cupido (Greater prairie chicken (extinct)) (Attributes)
Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus (Greater prairie chicken) (Attributes)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
30
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.73797
EDGE Score: 2.70484
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.914 lbs (868 g)
Birth Weight [3]  12 grams
Female Weight [1]  1.711 lbs (776 g)
Male Weight [1]  2.116 lbs (960 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  23.7 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Temperate grasslands
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Temperate grasslands
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [4]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  20 %
Diet - Plants [4]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  50 %
Forages - Ground [4]  100 %
Female Maturity [3]  1 year
Male Maturity [3]  6 months 3 days
Clutch Size [5]  10
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  750,000
Incubation [3]  23 days
Maximum Longevity [3]  5 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  17 inches (44 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Konza Prairie Biosphere Reserve 8617 Kansas, United States  
New Jersey Pinelands Biosphere Reserve   New Jersey, United States  
Saint Croix International Historic Site   Maine, United States

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Prairie Ridge State Natural Area: Jasper and Marion Units USA A1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acuaria spinosa <Unverified Name>[6]
Ascaridia lineata[6]
Cyrnea colini <Unverified Name>[6]
Dispharynx nasuta[6]
Oxyspirura petrowi[6]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0