The Lesser Prairie-Chicken is a smaller, paler cousin of the Greater Prairie-Chicken restricted to the short-grass and sand-sage prairie of the southern Great Plains. Males display at leks with rose-purple neck sacs, a color that distinguishes them from the orange-saced Greater Prairie-Chicken. Listed as threatened, it is one of the most imperiled grassland birds in North America.
Habitat
Sand-sage prairie and shinnery oak scrub of the southern Plains
Diet
Seeds, insects, and plant material
How common
Rare
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