Greater Prairie Chicken By: Summer

Description A Greater Prairie Chicken is a bird. It is 14

inches (360mm) long. It is brown,black,orange and white the feathers are the same color, but aren’t orange. The adult male has yellow-orange come over the eye. It also has dark,elongated head feathers can be raised along neck.

Habitat My animal lives in North America it’s

habitat in an undisturbed prairie.Their home is tall grasses.

Living Habitats My animal eats seeds and fruit,but during

summer they also eat insects and green plants.

Birth and Growth The birth and growth of the prairie chicken

begins with the breeding season usually starts early May or April in the United States.These blooming grounds are the areas where the male calls the female.\

Other interesting Did you know they don’t migrate and were

almost extinct in the 1930’s?

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