Galliformes

Turkeys (Meleagrididae)

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• Large terrestrial birds, with bulky body and generally dull plumage; males have variety of appendages on brightly coloured bare skin of head and neck.
• North and Central America.
• Arid to mesic terrestrial environments with mixture of forest and grassland, or agriculture.
• 1 genus, 2 species, 7 taxa.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.