Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (3)
Jeff A. Johnson, Michael A. Schroeder, and Leslie A. Robb
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 18, 2011
Text last updated February 18, 2011
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | gall de praderia gros |
| Croatian | prerijska lještarka |
| Czech | tetřívek prériový |
| Dutch | Prairiehoen |
| English | Greater Prairie-Chicken |
| English (United States) | Greater Prairie-Chicken |
| Finnish | preeriakana |
| French | Tétras des prairies |
| French (France) | Tétras des prairies |
| German | Präriehuhn |
| Icelandic | Sléttuhæna |
| Japanese | ソウゲンライチョウ |
| Norwegian | storpræriejerpe |
| Polish | preriokur dwuczuby |
| Russian | Степной тетерев |
| Serbian | Velika prerijska koka |
| Slovak | kupido prériový |
| Slovenian | Prerijska kokoš |
| Spanish | Gallo de las Praderas Grande |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gallo de las praderas grande |
| Swedish | större präriehöna |
| Turkish | Büyük Çayır Tavuğu |
| Ukrainian | Тетерук лучний |
Tympanuchus cupido (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao Cupido
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.160.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Virginia, ex Catesby.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TYMPANUCHUS
- cupido
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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Figure 1. Distribution of the Greater Prairie-Chicken.
Original (pre-settlement), historical (maximum extent of distribution), and present distributions of the Greater Prairie-Chicken in North America.
