Pheasants & Allies
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an upland ground bird native to North America and is the heaviest member of the diverse Galliformes. It is the same species as the domestic turkey, which was originally derived from a southern Mexican subspecies of wild turkey (not the related ocellated turkey). Although native to North America, the turkey probably got its name from the domesticated variety being imported to Britain in ships coming from the Levant via Spain....
- Family
- Pheasants & Allies
- Order
- Galliformes
- Weight
- 5.8 kg
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Plants and seeds
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 10
Recorded in United States, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, Australia, New Caledonia, Cuba, Netherlands, Colombia, France.
Where to see it: Point Pelee National Park (general location) (Canada); Parc des Grandes Fougères (New Caledonia); Parker River NWR (United States); Refugio de Farino (New Caledonia); Home (United States).
