PRAIRIE CHICKEN Tympanuchus cupiJo 



PRESENT DISTRIBUTION 



LEGEND 

 hed distribution (past ond present) ^ 

 distn bution 





Habitat. — Natural grasslands, particularly of 

 the savannah type with mixed grassland and 

 groves of trees or brushy growth. The extinct 

 eastern race (heath hen) lived in semiopen mixed 

 scrub oak and low bushy heath of the sandy 

 coastal plain. The southwestern race (lesser 

 prairie chicken) lives in mixed shinnery oak and 

 grassland. The Gulf-coast race (Atwater's praiiie 

 chicken) inhabits the moist, open coastal prairie. 

 The central race (greater prairie chicken) occurs in 

 a variety of natural grassland types from exten- 

 sively open to quite brushy; also man-made 

 openings m the Great Lakes region. 



