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Heath hen

Birds
The heath hen is an extinct subspecies of the greater prairie chicken, a large North American bird in the grouse family. It became extinct in 1932. Heath hens lived in the scrubby heathland barrens of coastal North America from southernmost New... Wikipedia
Extinction status: Extinct
Scientific name: Tympanuchus cupido cupido
Extinction date: 1932
Class: Aves
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Tympanuchus
Kingdom: Animalia