Courtship Strut

by Elizabeth Winter

Title

Courtship Strut

Artist

Elizabeth Winter

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Photograph - Photography

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A Male Prairie Chicken "strutting" its stuff. Males are known for the flamboyant stances they take to attract mates

The Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), also called the Pinnated Groose or Boomer, is in fact not a true chicken at all. While it, like the common chicken, is in the Family Phasianidae, the Prairie Chicken is actually more closely related to certain grouse species. These large birds are native to North America, and are still commonly found in the wild today. They are a brown to gray chicken-like bird, and grow to sizes much larger than farmed chickens. Prairie Chickens are stocky and round, they have a small tail that stands upright, and their tails are usually of a dark blue color.

Prairie chickens are scavengers, and they comb the grasslands with their long-range vision. Male Prairie Chickens are most famous for their unique, strutting, mating stances. Their dances will establish their social rank, which is judged through the level of aggression shown by a given male. The more aggressive the male is, the more dominant he becomes. This typically also means that these dominant prairie chickens have a higher chance to reproduce and carry on their bloodlines.

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April 18th, 2017

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