Lesser prairie-chicken
Lesser prairie-chicken | |
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A lesser prairie chicken in New Mexico | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | Tympanuchus |
Species: | T. pallidicinctus
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Binomial name | |
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (Ridgway, 1873)
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Lesser prairie-chicken range.[2][3] | |
Synonyms | |
Tympanuchus cupido pallidicinctus |
The lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) is a species in the grouse family.
Description
It is a medium to large bird, striped white and brown, slightly smaller and paler than its near relative the greater prairie-chicken (T. cupido). Adults range from 15.0 to 16.1 inches (38 to 41 cm) in length and 22.1 to 28.7 ounces (630 to 810 g) in weight.[4]
Distribution
About half of its current population lives in western
.Behavior
Like its larger relative, it is known for its
Conservation
Considered "vulnerable" by the
Threatened and endangered species listings
On March 27, 2014, the lesser prairie-chicken was listed as threatened under the
In 2015, Senator
When the Senate voted on the Keystone bill, it did not get the 60 votes in favor that was required to pass. It got only 53 Republican and one Democratic Senator to vote in favor.[11]
The United States Department of the Interior proposed creating a lesser prairie-chicken preserve as a national monument, but action was never taken action on the proposal.[12]
In May 2023, the U.S. Senate voted to strip the lesser prairie-chicken of its new listing using its authority under the Congressional Review Act. President Joe Biden's administration threatened to veto the bill if the House of Representatives passed it,[13] which the House did on July 27.[14][15] The bill was passed by the Senate, but vetoed by Biden on September 27, 2023.[16]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ BirdLife International and NatureServe (2014) Bird Species Distribution Maps of the World. 2012. Tympanuchus pallidicinctus. In: IUCN 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. http://www.iucnredlist.org Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 09 July 2015.
- ^ National Geophysical Data Center, 1999. Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation (GLOBE) v.1. Hastings, D. and P.K. Dunbar. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V52R3PMS [access date: 2015-03-16]
- ^ Cornell Lab of Ornithology. "Lesser Prairie-Chicken Identification". All About Birds. Cornell University. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ Youth, Howard (2007). "Lekkin' Grouse on the Prairie". Zoogoer March/April 2007. National Zoo. Archived from the original on 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ^ "U.S. lists lesser prairie chicken as threatened, energy groups wary". Reuters: Environment. Reuters. Retrieved 28 March 2014.[dead link]
- ^ USFWS (June 1, 2021). "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct Population Segment and Endangered Status for the Southern Distinct Population Segment" (PDF). Federal Register. 86 (103): 29432–29482. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ USFWS (17 November 2022). "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened Status With Section 4(d)Rule for the Northern Distinct Population Segment and Endangered Status for the Southern Distinct Population Segment". Federal Register. 87 (226): 72674–72755. 87 FR 72674
- ^ 87 FR 73971
- ^ 88 FR 4087
- ^ a b Sheppard, Kate. "Keystone, Meet The Grouse Wars". Huffington Post. January 28, 2015. November 19, 2015.
- ^ Kirk Johnson (February 20, 2010). "In the West, 'Monument' is a Fighting Word". New York Times. p. A8. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY" (PDF). Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023 – via whitehouse.gov.
- ^ National Audubon Society (27 July 2023). "House Vote to End Lesser-Prairie Chicken Protections Ignores Clear Science". Audubon. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ Matthew Daly; The Associated Press (27 July 2023). "Congress passes GOP measures to undo protections for endangered lesser prairie chicken, northern bat". CPR News. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ "Biden vetoes two Republican-led bills to undo protections for prairie chicken and northern bat". AP News. 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
External links
- BirdLife Species Factsheet
- Audubon Watchlist - Lesser Prairie Chicken
- Lesser Prairie-Chicken videos on the Internet Bird Collection