Greater Prairie Chicken

Tympanuchus cupido

Greater Prairie Chicken photographed by Ethan
May 8, 2026

When to look

Reported most in April, across 22K open records.

Records by month. January, 1,273 records. February, 1,242 records. March, 3,728 records. April, 7,158 records. May, 3,001 records. June, 1,587 records. July, 479 records. August, 373 records. September, 455 records. October, 945 records. November, 792 records. December, 1,174 records.

Occurrence data from GBIF (incl. the eBird Observation Dataset, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology, CC BY 4.0). Descriptive, not predictive.

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