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The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, native to North America. There are two extant turkey species: the wild turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ) of eastern and central North America and the ocellated turkey ( Meleagris ocellata ) of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.
The ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is a species of turkey residing primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, as well as in parts of Belize and Guatemala. [1] A relative of the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), it was sometimes previously considered in a genus of its own (Agriocharis), but the differences between the two turkeys are currently considered too small to ...
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. All are native only to North America, though transplanted populations exist elsewhere.
European settlers wiped out Michigan's native wild turkey population by 1900. ... as they did throughout most of North America. ... Wild turkeys were extirpated — not to be found — in Michigan ...
A turkey dinner is a Thanksgiving staple alongside mashed potatoes and corn. Turkey conservationists are now looking to preserve wild turkey numbers.
Today, there are 7 million wild turkeys roaming North America, but a century ago, they were hard to find. Humans almost hunted turkeys to extinction in the early 1900s, but imaginative ...
Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) were first domesticated by the Mayan peoples of what is now Mexico around 800 B.C. and is one of only two birds native to North America that has been regularly ...
The North American Wild Turkey Management Plan is designed to identify wild turkey habitat and potential habitat projects throughout North America using GIS (geographic information systems) technology. The plan has helped establish wild turkey populations on approximately 2,000,000 acres (8,100 km 2) in North America. The future focus of the ...