Lesser prairie chickens (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Lesser prairie chickens

Caption

Artist rendering of lesser prairie chickens. Male (left) and female in a prairie setting. Biologists originally classified lesser and greater prairie chickens as two species. New research indicates they may belong to the same species.

Credit

Purdue University/Gabriela Sincich

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News organizations may use this image in reports about the work of Purdue University's Andrew DeWoody and his associates.

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