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Tympanuchus

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Noun1.Tympanuchus - prairie chickensTympanuchus - prairie chickens                    
genus Tympanuchus
bird genus - a genus of birds
family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae - grouse
prairie chicken, prairie fowl, prairie grouse - brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies
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In North America, massive displacement of native grasslands for mono-culture farming and grazing is driving out two species of prairie chickens (Tympanuchus phasianellus and Tympanuchus pallidicinctus).
The plight of birds: today, more than a thousand species of birds ... by Youth, Howard / World Watch
 
 
 
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