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 male walking and feeding Locality Greenwich Audubon Centre, Connecticut, USA (United States) (ssp silvestris)
Josep del Hoyo 1 May 2006 6 years ago 50 sec 4.5 -
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 6 years ago 33 sec 4.5 -
Four wild turkeys "practicing" courtship displays on our front driveway. As you can see by the beards and rear legs spurs, all a Locality Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA (United States)
srchester 5 June 2011 25 weeks ago 34 sec 4.2 -
Displaying. Locality La Palma, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
Eduardo Tejeda Lima 17 February 2013 10 weeks ago 16 sec 4.2 -
A female feeding and preening Locality Greenwich Audubon Centre, Connecticut, USA (United States) (ssp silvestris)
Josep del Hoyo 1 May 2006 6 years ago 42 sec 4.2 -
Two females with eight chicks feeding on the open country, and one of the females calling while looking alert. Locality Cape Kidnappers, North Island, New Zealand
Josep del Hoyo 12 February 2013 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 2 sec 4.2
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Two males fighting in a field.
Locality Tennessee, USA (United States) (ssp silvestris)
sophiebuck 1 February 2013 14 weeks ago 4.3 -
Displaying male at Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon
Locality Arizona, USA (United States)
Miriam Bauman 16 May 2009 2 years ago 4.2 -
A male juvenile
Locality Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 27 September 2012 25 weeks ago 4.2 -
Strutting male bird.
Locality Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas, USA (United States)
Dave Rintoul 22 March 2006 1 year ago 4.1 -
Seen in a large group of turkeys feeding at the sanctuary in May
Locality Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA (United States)
owlbird 5 May 2011 24 weeks ago 4 -
A lateral view.
Locality Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, USA (United States)
Ken Havard 26 March 2009 30 weeks ago 4
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Calls by a female while keeping a group of chicks (several low calls by chicks can be listened). Locality Cape Kidnappers, North Island, New Zealand
Josep del Hoyo 12 February 2013 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4
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