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Turkey Temporal range: 23–0 Ma Pre๊ ๊ 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 ...
They have a long, broad, rounded tail with 14–19 blunt feathers. They have a naked, wrinkled head and feathered body. The North American wild turkey – Meleagris gallopavo – has five distinct subspecies (Eastern, Rio Grande, Florida [Osceola], Merriam's, and Gould's). Hybrids also exist where the ranges of these subspecies overlap.
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 ...
A turkey dinner is a Thanksgiving staple alongside mashed potatoes and corn. Turkey conservationists are now looking to preserve wild turkey numbers.
With all of the talk about alligators and pink flamingos, it's easy to forget the Sunshine State has a robust population of wild turkeys.
Turkeys are efficient communicators, they have a strong family or “clan” mentality, and they are superb collaborators. Word from the Smokies: What we can learn from the wild turkey Skip to ...
Ocellated turkeys are much smaller than any of the subspecies of North American wild turkey, with adult hens weighing about 4 kg (8.8 lb) before laying eggs and 3 kg (6–7 pounds) the rest of the year, and adult males weighing about 5–6 kg (11–13 lb) during breeding season. [7]
The Merriam subspecies was successfully introduced in eastern Oregon in 1961, through the trapping of wild turkeys in Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. ... Wild turkeys seem comfortable living ...