Turkeys (Meleagrididae)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) - HBW 2, p. 374
French: Dindon sauvage
German: Truthuhn
Spanish: Guajolote Gallipavo
Other common names: Eastern Wild Turkey (silvestris); Florida Turkey (osceola); Rio Grande Turkey (intermedia); Merriam's (Wild) Turkey (merriami); Gould's Turkey (mexicana)
Taxonomy: Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus, 1758, North America = Mexico.
Birds of NW Mexico sometimes awarded separate race, onusta. Six subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- silvestris Vieillot, 1817 - E North America, N to S Ontario, W to Great Plains, and S into Texas and N Florida.
- osceola Scott, 1890 - Florida.
- intermedia Sennett, 1879 - Kansas S into Mexico; also translocated to areas W of historical range including California, Oregon and Washington.
- silvestris Vieillot, 1817 - E North America, N to S Ontario, W to Great Plains, and S into Texas and N Florida.
- osceola Scott, 1890 - Florida.
- intermedia Sennett, 1879 - Kansas S into Mexico; also translocated to areas W of historical range including California, Oregon and Washington.
- merriami Nelson, 1900 - W Great Plains and Rocky Mts; also translocated to areas W of historical range including Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
- mexicana Gould, 1856 - Mexico, in mountains W of Central Plateau.
- gallopavo Linnaeus, 1758 - Mexico, from Veracruz W to Jalisco, and S to Guerrero.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close-up of a male, looking around and then singing Locality Greenwich Audubon Centre, Connecticut, USA (United States) (ssp silvestris)
Josep del Hoyo 1 May 2006 5 years ago 33 sec 4.2 -
A male walking and feeding Locality Greenwich Audubon Centre, Connecticut, USA (United States) (ssp silvestris)
Josep del Hoyo 1 May 2006 5 years ago 50 sec 3.9 -
Three males, one of them displaying Locality Greenwich Audubon Centre, Connecticut, USA (United States) (ssp silvestris)
Josep del Hoyo 1 May 2006 5 years ago 40 sec 3.8 -
A male displaying Locality Greenwich Audubon Centre, Connecticut, USA (United States) (ssp silvestris)
Josep del Hoyo 1 May 2006 5 years ago 42 sec 3.7 -
A male displaying, then feeding Locality Greenwich Audubon Centre, Connecticut, USA (United States) (ssp silvestris)
Josep del Hoyo 1 May 2006 5 years ago 24 sec 3.7 -
A male feeding Locality Greenwich Audubon Centre, Connecticut, USA (United States) (ssp silvestris)
Josep del Hoyo 1 May 2006 5 years ago 40 sec 3.7
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Displaying male at Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon
Locality Arizona, USA (United States)
Miriam Bauman 16 May 2009 1 year ago 4.2 -
Strutting male bird.
Locality Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas, USA (United States)
Dave Rintoul 22 March 2006 32 weeks ago 4 -
Turkey crossing a path.
Locality Woodbury, New Jersey, USA (United States)
dmwipf 19 April 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Wild Turkey
Locality Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Alachua County, Florida, USA (United States)
killiajk 28 January 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
The domesticated turkey is a large poultry bird. The modern domesticated turkey descends from the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopa
Locality Luperón, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
HVargas 33 weeks ago 3.2 -
A female with 3 young crossing a path
Locality Arabia Mountain Heritage Area, Georgia, USA (United States) (ssp silvestris)
Stuart Fisher 4 June 2009 2 years ago 3
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