What is Greater prairie chicken?
{{speciesbox | name = Greater prairie chicken | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22679514/0 |title=''Tympanuchus cupido'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref> | image = Tympanuchus cupido -Illinois, USA -male displaying-8 (1).jpg | image_caption = Male displaying in [[Illinois]], USA | image_upright = 1.2 | genus = Tympanuchus | species = cupido | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = ''[[Tympanuchus cupido attwateri]]''<br/> ''[[Heath hen|Tympanuchus cupido cupido]]''†<br/> ''[[Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus]]'' | synonyms = ''Tetrao cupido'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758}} | range_map = Tympanuchus cupido map.svg | range_map_upright = 1.2 | range_map_caption = Distribution map of the Greater Prairie-Chicken. <br/>Pale and dark green: pre-settlement <br/>Dark green: current year-round }} The '''greater prairie chicken''' (''Tympanuchus cupido''), also known as a '''boomer''', is a large [[bird]] in the [[grouse]] family.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Last Prairie Chickens|date=20 July 1989|publisher=Chicago Reader|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-last-prairie-chickens/Content?oid=874180|accessdate=Mar 31, 2015|archive-date=2 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502210256/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-last-prairie-chickens/Content?oid=874180|url-status=dead}}</ref> They come from [[North America]]. There used to be many of them. Because of [[habitat destruction]], there are few left in some parts of its [[range (biology)|range]]. In other parts, there are none at all. People are trying to save the ones that are left. Adults of both sexes are medium to large birds. They are similar to chickens. They have round wings and short tails. ==References==