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A biologist looks over a prairie-chicken after removing it from a carrier box.

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Biologists check the captive-reared prairie-chickens once more before putting them in acclimation pens.

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Photo By/Credit

Claire Hassler, USFWS/USFWS

Facility

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge

Species

Tympanuchus cupido attwateri

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Public Domain

Subject tags

Birds

Captive breeding

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Prairies

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