Lesser Prairie-Chicken Photo Gallery
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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 LibraryKansasBarred grayish brown-and-white chickenlike grouse with a short tail and small head. Females have a pale throat and eyeline.
© Zach Millen | Macaulay LibraryKansasBarred grayish brown-and-white chickenlike grouse. Juveniles look like females with a pale throat and eyeline.
© Jacob Drucker | Macaulay LibraryKansasClick on an image to compare
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies(Order: Galliformes, Family: Phasianidae)
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