Lesser Prairie-Chicken Photo Gallery
Male
Barred grayish brown-and-white chickenlike grouse with a short tail. Males raise the feathers on the side of their neck to expose bare patches of reddish skin, which they inflate to produce booming sounds.
© Alex Eberts / Macaulay LibraryKansasFemale
Barred grayish brown-and-white chickenlike grouse with a short tail and small head. Females have a pale throat and eyeline.
© Zach Millen / Macaulay LibraryKansasJuvenile
Barred grayish brown-and-white chickenlike grouse. Juveniles look like females with a pale throat and eyeline.
© Jacob Drucker / Macaulay LibraryKansasCompare with Similar Species
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Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies(Order: Galliformes, Family: Phasianidae)
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