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Attwater's Prarie Chicken
Illustration © Gamini Ratnavira, all rights reserved
These birds were hunted heavily for food and sport until protected under modern game laws. However, native tallgrass prairies, this bird's essential habitat, have all but vanished from the coastal plain, giving way to steadily increasing urbanization, ranching and agriculture.
Attwater's prairie chicken is the most critically endangered bird in Texas. In spite of determined conservation efforts, the population has continued to decline at a perilous rate.
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