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The Californian turkey (Meleagris californica) is an extinct species of turkey that lived during the Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs in California. It has been estimated that the Californian turkey went extinct about 10,000 years ago.
Wild turkey (state wild game bird) Meleagris gallopavo: 1976 [70] Wood duck (state duck) Aix sponsa: 2009 [71] Tennessee: Bobwhite quail (state wild game bird) Colinus virginianus: 1987 [72] Wisconsin: Eastern mourning dove (state symbol of peace) Zenaida macroura carolinensis: 1971 [73]
The wild turkey is further divided into six subspecies. To harvest a bird from the Eastern, Osceola, Rio Grande, and Merriam's wild turkey subspecies is known in turkey hunting circles as a "grand slam". [2] Harvesting a bird from all the subspecies in the "grand slam" as well as the Gould's wild turkey subspecies and the ocellated turkey is ...
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In the air, wild turkeys can fly and have a top-flight speed of about 55 miles per hour, which is about as fast as a car on a highway. Selective breeding diminished the domestic turkey’s ability ...
The spring wild turkey season opened with a bang last weekend at “Alligator” Ron Bergeron’s Green Glades West Ranch. His guests bagged five Osceola turkeys on the sprawling 6,000-acre ...
Turkey Temporal range: 23–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Miocene – Recent A male wild turkey strutting Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae Subfamily: Phasianinae Tribe: Tetraonini Genus: Meleagris Linnaeus, 1758 Type species Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey) Linnaeus, 1758 Species M ...
Mar. 8—AUSTIN — With the early spring green-up and mild winter weather, spring wild turkey season is shaping up to be very productive for hunters. Most of Texas experienced a bump in ...