Attwater's Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) is a highly endangered subspecies of the Greater Prairie Chicken that is native to coastal Texas and Louisiana in the United States.
Read more about Attwater's Prairie Chicken: Description, Habitat and Range, Reproduction, Diet and Predation, Conservation
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