Strecker's Cabinet of Curiosities

Lesser prairie chicken

A mount of a lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus). Collected in Yoakum co., Texas by Calvin B. Smith in 1987.
  • A mount of a lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus).

Collected in Yoakum Co., Texas by Calvin B. Smith in 1987.

Male lesser prairie chickens gather in groups to engage in competitive displays and courtship rituals, known as lekking, to entice females which are looking  for prospective mates.