western Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle including the Llano Estacado, eastern New Mexico, and southeastern Colorado.
All three are among the smaller grouse, from 40 to 43 cm (16 to 17 in) in length. They are found in North America in different types of prairie. In courtship display on leks, males make hooting sounds and dance with the head extended straight forward, the tail up, and colorful neck sacks inflated (shown in the photograph at upper right). Tympanuchus comes from Ancient Greek roots and means "holding a drum"; it refers to the membranous neck sacks and the drum-like call of the greater prairie chicken.
The two prairie chickens are particularly closely related and look extremely similar. But their taxonomy and the evolutionary relationships of the Tympanuchus is still yet to be discover. There are still unknown information about these genus. But one thing we do know is that Tympanuchus are polyphyletic. They have a strong sexual selection (Galla, 2013).
They are commonly seen in the North American Prairies (Galla, 2013).
The extinct heath hen of the American East Coast, usually considered a subspecies of the greater prairie chicken, has been considered a separate species.
Referencesedit
^Gloger, Constantin Wilhelm Lambert (1841). Gemeinnütziges Hand- und Hilfsbuch der Naturgeschichte (in German). Vol. 1. Breslau: A. Schulz. p. 396.
^Peters, James Lee, ed. (1934). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 41.
^Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 393. ISBN978-1-4081-2501-4.
^Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
Galla, S. J. (2013). Exploring the evolutionary history of north american prairie grouse using multi-locus coalescent analyses (Order No. 1524962).
Holloway, Joel Ellis (2003). Dictionary of Birds of the United States: Scientific and Common Names. Timber Press. p. 206. ISBN0-88192-600-0.
Peterson, Alan P. (Editor). 1999. Zoological Nomenclature Resource (Zoonomen). Accessed 2007-07-29.
Storch, Ilse; Bendell, J. F. (2003). "Grouse". In Christopher Perrins (ed.). Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds. Firefly Books. pp. 184–187. ISBN1-55297-777-3.
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tympanuchus, small, genus, birds, grouse, family, they, commonly, referred, prairie, chickens, male, lesser, prairie, chicken, pallidicinctus, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, chordataclass, avesorder, galliformesfamily, phas. Tympanuchus is a small genus of birds in the grouse family They are commonly referred to as prairie chickens TympanuchusMale lesser prairie chicken T pallidicinctus Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass AvesOrder GalliformesFamily PhasianidaeTribe TetraoniniGenus TympanuchusGloger 1841Type speciesTetrao cupido greater prairie chicken Linnaeus 1758SpeciesTympanuchus cupidoTympanuchus pallidicinctusTympanuchus phasianellusSynonymsPedioecetesTaxonomy editThe genus Tympanuchus was introduced in 1841 by the German zoologist Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger for the greater prairie chicken 1 2 The name combines the Ancient Greek tumpanon meaning kettle drum with ekheō meaning to sound 3 The genus contains three species 4 Image Name Common name Subspecies Distribution nbsp Tympanuchus phasianellus Sharp tailed grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus phasianellus Tympanuchus phasianellus kennicotti Tympanuchus phasianellus caurus Columbian sharp tailed grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus Tympanuchus phasianellus campestris Tympanuchus phasianellus jamesi Tympanuchus phasianellus hueyi north to Alaska south to California and New Mexico and east to Quebec Canada nbsp Tympanuchus cupido Greater prairie chicken Heath hen Tympanuchus cupido cupido extinct Attwater s prairie chicken Tympanuchus cupido attwateri The greater prairie chicken Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus Central U S formerly to the Atlantic coast nbsp Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Lesser prairie chicken western Oklahoma the Texas Panhandle including the Llano Estacado eastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado All three are among the smaller grouse from 40 to 43 cm 16 to 17 in in length They are found in North America in different types of prairie In courtship display on leks males make hooting sounds and dance with the head extended straight forward the tail up and colorful neck sacks inflated shown in the photograph at upper right Tympanuchus comes from Ancient Greek roots and means holding a drum it refers to the membranous neck sacks and the drum like call of the greater prairie chicken The two prairie chickens are particularly closely related and look extremely similar But their taxonomy and the evolutionary relationships of the Tympanuchus is still yet to be discover There are still unknown information about these genus But one thing we do know is that Tympanuchus are polyphyletic They have a strong sexual selection Galla 2013 They are commonly seen in the North American Prairies Galla 2013 The extinct heath hen of the American East Coast usually considered a subspecies of the greater prairie chicken has been considered a separate species References edit Gloger Constantin Wilhelm Lambert 1841 Gemeinnutziges Hand und Hilfsbuch der Naturgeschichte in German Vol 1 Breslau A Schulz p 396 Peters James Lee ed 1934 Check List of Birds of the World Vol 2 Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard University Press p 41 Jobling James A 2010 The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names London Christopher Helm p 393 ISBN 978 1 4081 2501 4 Gill Frank Donsker David Rasmussen Pamela eds July 2021 Pheasants partridges francolins IOC World Bird List Version 11 2 International Ornithologists Union Retrieved 11 October 2021 Galla S J 2013 Exploring the evolutionary history of north american prairie grouse using multi locus coalescent analyses Order No 1524962 Holloway Joel Ellis 2003 Dictionary of Birds of the United States Scientific and Common Names Timber Press p 206 ISBN 0 88192 600 0 Peterson Alan P Editor 1999 Zoological Nomenclature Resource Zoonomen Accessed 2007 07 29 Sibley David 2000 The Sibley Guide to Birds Knopf pp 146 147 ISBN 0 679 45122 6 Storch Ilse Bendell J F 2003 Grouse In Christopher Perrins ed Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds Firefly Books pp 184 187 ISBN 1 55297 777 3 nbsp This Galliformes article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tympanuchus amp oldid 1180161445, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
