Turkey (bird)
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Turkeys are large, heavyset galliforms in the genus Meleagris, indigenous to the Americas. They are among the largest birds in their native ranges, as well as being one of the heaviest birds in the or
Male wild turkey strutting
Plate 1 of The Birds of America by John James Audubon, depicting a wild turkey
Depiction of ocellated turkeys in Maya codices according to the 1910 book, Animal figures in the Maya codices by Alfred Tozzer and Glover Morrill Allen
Anatomical structures on the head and throat of a domestic turkey. 1. caruncles, 2. snood, 3. wattle (dewlap), 4. major caruncle, 5. beard
Domestic turkey
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The domestic turkey is a large fowl, one of the two species in the genus Meleagris and the same species as the wild turkey. Turkey domestication was thought to have occurred in central Mesoamerica at
Turkey (bird)
…million years ago. They share a recent common ancestor with grouse, pheasants, and other fowl. The North American wild turkey is the ancestor of the domestic turkey, which was domesticated approximately 2,000 years ago by indigenous peoples. It was this domestic descendant that was later transported by humans to…
Male north american turkey supersaturated
Ceramic whistle in the shape of a turkey. Colima shaft tomb culture, 200 B.C. – A.D. 500
Black Spanish turkeys
A baby turkey is called a poult