in general is marked as prairie-chickens in the following portrayed manner of the rough-foot-chickens the 3.
Prairie-chicken The 42-47 cm big, actual prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) lives in the open grassland-ships of the middle North America, from Canada until Texas. Once, prairie-chickens were extremely frequent in the USA; however, the welfare-taste of its meat and the conversion of the grass-levels in the farmland provided a dangerous continuance-decline of this type as most important causes. In the last decades, prairie-chickens stretched slowly westward since there are there even better suitable habitats. Also northward, these hen-birds advanced in the retinue of the increasing Weizenanbaues. In the winter, they move into warmer southern regions (prairie-chickens are good planes).
Perform courtship display Against end of the winter, the cocks come back to its traditional Balzplätzen and brood-precincts, that look for it annually anew and even "transmit" at its offspring. In the early morning hours, several cocks look for the Balzplatz (a bald or somewhat elevated place) and let heard its deep "buzzing" and "hollow sounding" Balzrufe. The cocks (all 3 types of the "prairie-chickens") have big, sallow-red sacks, that they inflate with the Balztanz to big balloons, in the neck of jederseits. The "roses" typical for rough-foot-chickens over the eyes shine in the same color, and they reach, steeply raised neck and hackles form an impressive "collar." With fanlike set up tail and extended wings, the performing courtship display prairie-chickens rotate in the circle and walk around about each other; they stamp powerfully on the ground on that occasion with the strong feet from time to time so that the Balzgeschehen is noticeable far-to. Only end of March until beginning of April, the more inconspicuous and smaller hens appear at the tournament-places; this perform courtship display then reaches its climax.
Brood The hens build a relaxed ground-nest and erbrüten approximately its nest (12-16 eggs) for 23 days, until the young prairie-chickens hatch. they are far developed and often run extensively around already on the first life-day.
Tail-chicken The tail-chicken (Pedioecetes phasianellus) becomes approximately 44 cm long and resembles the prairie-chicken in the big and whole one. The middle both tax-feathers become however longer than the remaining push why one calls these rough-foot-chickens also "pointed-tail-chickens."
Habitat The spread-area is enough as far as into the Yukongebiet northward and eastward until Ontario and Quebec. Besides the prairie, tail-chickens populate also loosened up bush and forest-areas, doesn't advance, however, into closed forests.
Food Beside all sorts of plant-sharing (seeds) buds u. ä.) grains pick up all 3 types of the prairie-chickens "wild" plants also to low extent, however, its benefit as Vertilger of large insect-quantities outweighs this damage by far.
Beifußhuhn The Beifußhuhn (Centrocercus urophasianus) is with 65-75 cm of total-length (cocks clearly become bigger) and 3,5-4 kg of weight the most impressive of the prairie-chickens. The herb-steppes of the occidental North America are its home, from Canada until New Mexico. As with the other both types, the Balzverhalten of the Beifußhühner is strongly ritualized. The long tail-feathers run very pointed, they become aufgefächert beam-shaped and positioned vertically over the back. The big Kehlsäcke of the cock are enough down until on the breast far and are befiedert knows; as magnificent "neck-frill", they frame the ruffled bird.
With all 3 types of the prairie-chickens, there is a clear ranking among the performing courtship display cocks. The position-highest birds mate with most hens, but also position-low cocks - according to social position - come even more or less often to the combination.
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