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title: "Prairiehoen"
description: "Tympanuchus cupido — Vogels. The greater prairie-chicken or pinnated grouse (Tympanuchus cupido), sometimes called a boomer, is a large bird in the grouse tribe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/greater-prairie-chicken
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Prairiehoen

> Tympanuchus cupido — Vogels. The greater prairie-chicken or pinnated grouse (Tympanuchus cupido), sometimes called a boomer, is a large bird in the grouse tribe.

- Scientific name: *Tympanuchus cupido*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 1121
- Wikidata: [Q19630](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19630)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1066](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1066)

## Names

- en: Greater Prairie-Chicken
- de: Präriehuhn
- es: Gallo de las praderas
- fr: Tétras des prairies
- nl: Prairiehoen
- pt: Tetraz-das-pradarias
- pl: Preriokur dwuczuby

## Countries with the most observations

US (994)

## Summary

The greater prairie-chicken or pinnated grouse (Tympanuchus cupido), sometimes called a boomer, is a large bird in the grouse tribe. This North American species was once abundant but has become extremely rare or extirpated over much of its range due to habitat loss, natural disasters, and overhunting. Conservation measures are underway to ensure the sustainability of existing small populations. One of the most famous aspects of these creatures is the mating ritual called booming.
Carl Linnaeus based his account on the "Le Cocq de bois d'Amerique" that had been described and illustrated by the English naturalist Mark…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_prairie-chicken

## Photo

![Prairiehoen](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-prairie-chicken/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205172200

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-prairie-chicken?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).