Lesser Prairie Chicken is found in parts of five western US. mid-west states

Photo: James Mundy / Alamy

This Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) was photographed in Kansas.  Considered 'vulnerable' by the IUCN, it is vulnerable to habitat destruction by human activities and more recently by global warming, which may be greatly reducing the sagebrush ecosystem.

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