Tympanuchus

Tympanuchus
Male lesser prairie chicken (T. pallidicinctus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Tribe: Tetraonini
Genus: Tympanuchus
Gloger, 1841
Type species
Tetrao cupido
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

Tympanuchus cupido
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
Tympanuchus phasianellus

Synonyms

Pedioecetes

Tympanuchus is a small genus of birds in the grouse family. They are commonly referred to as prairie-chickens.