- Episode
- 37
- Spotlight Species
- Recovery Champion
Featured Species | Attwater's Prairie Chicken (08:56)
Host: Sarah Leon with Mike Morrow
Overview
Status: Endangered/ Listed on March 11, 1967
Scientific Name: Tympanuchus cupido attwateri
Description: Over a century ago, one million Attwater's prairie-chickens graced the Texas and Louisiana gulf coastal prairie. Today, less than one percent of coastal prairies remain. With so little of its home left, the Attwater's prairie-chicken has come dangerously close to following the passenger pigeon to extinction.
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Last updated:
April 7, 2011
