| Tympanuchus | |
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| Male lesser prairie chicken (T. pallidicinctus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Tribe: | Tetraonini |
| Genus: | Tympanuchus Gloger, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Tetrao cupido Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
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Tympanuchus cupido | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pedioecetes | |
Tympanuchus is a small genus of birds in the grouse family. They are commonly referred to as prairie-chickens.