Turkeys (Meleagrididae)
Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) - HBW 2, p. 375
French: Dindon ocellé
German: Pfauentruthuhn
Spanish: Guajolote Ocelado
Taxonomy: Meleagris ocellata Cuvier, 1820, Gulf of Honduras.
Historically classified in monotypic genus Agriocharis, but observed differences do not appear to justify this treatment. Monotypic.
Distribution: Central America, in Yucatán Peninsula; from N Belize W to E Chiapas (Mexico), and S to N Petén (Guatemala).
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A close-up of a male Locality Tikal National Park, Petén Department, Guatemala (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 2005 4 years ago 42 sec 5 -
Male calling in group Locality Chan Chich, Gallon Jug, Orange Walk District, Belize
Wayne Hall 11 February 2005 2 years ago 1 min 18 sec 4.6 -
A head detail of a male. Locality Chan Chich, Gallon Jug, Orange Walk District, Belize (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 1 December 2007 3 years ago 18 sec 4 -
A group of birds walking and feeding on a field. Locality Tikal National Park, Petén Department, Guatemala (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 5 August 2005 4 years ago 24 sec 3.8 -
A bird foraging on a field and chasing another bird away. Locality Tikal National Park, Petén Department, Guatemala (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 5 August 2005 4 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
A bird preening on a field. Locality Tikal National Park, Petén Department, Guatemala (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 5 August 2005 4 years ago 27 sec 3.5
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Male displaying to female
Locality Chan Chich, Gallon Jug, Orange Walk District, Belize (Monotypic species)
Paul Willoughby 25 February 2011 49 weeks ago 3.6 -
Portrait
Locality Tikal National Park, Petén Department, Guatemala
Tomas Grim 2 July 2004 25 weeks ago 3.5 -
male
Locality Calakmul, Campeche State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Michael Retter 1 January 2008 2 years ago 3 -
A perched female.
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 30 September 2009 2 years ago 3
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