Wild turkey
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The wild turkey is an upland game bird native to North America, one of two extant species of turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes. It is the ancestor to the domestic turkey, which w
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Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge, Virginia
Close-up of head features
Closeup of a tom M. g. intermedia, at Sacramento County, California
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
Wild turkey
…The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an upland game bird native to North America, one of two extant species of turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes. It is the ancestor to the domestic turkey (M. g. domesticus), which was originally derived from a…
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