Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
ORDER: GALLIFORMES
FAMILY: PHASIANIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Vulnerable
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A smaller, paler version of the Greater Prairie-Chicken, the Lesser Prairie-Chicken is now found only in restricted areas of five states in the southern Great Plains. It inhabits open rangeland dominated by shinnery oak or sand sagebrush.