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The domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus) is a large fowl, one of the two species in the genus Meleagris and the same species as the wild turkey.Although turkey domestication was thought to have occurred in central Mesoamerica at least 2,000 years ago, [1] recent research suggests a possible second domestication event in the area that is now the southwestern United States between ...
They share a recent common ancestor with grouse, pheasants, and other fowl. The wild turkey species is the ancestor of the domestic turkey, which was domesticated approximately 2,000 years ago by indigenous peoples. It was this domesticated turkey that later reached Eurasia, during the Columbian exchange.
Turkey breeds are reported to the DAD-IS breed database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations by more than sixty countries. [1] The breeds reported include commercial/industrial strains, local types and recognised breeds in many countries.
Domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus) South Mexican wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo) 180 CE [45] Mexico: meat, eggs, feathers, manure, guarding, pest control, show, pets Considerable physical changes Common in the wild and in captivity 2b Galliformes: Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) 300 CE to ...
The Bronze is a breed of domestic turkey.The name refers to its plumage, which bears an iridescent bronze-like sheen.The Bronze had been the most popular turkey throughout most of American history, [1] but waned in popularity beginning in the mid-20th century.
The Beltsville Small White is a modern American breed of domestic turkey. [1] [2] [5] It was developed from 1934 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center of the United States Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Maryland, [6] and was named for that town and for its physical characteristics — small size and white plumage. [7]
The modern domesticated turkey is descended from one of six subspecies of wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) found in the present Mexican states of Jalisco, Guerrero and Veracruz. [43] Pre-Aztec tribes in south-central Mexico first domesticated the bird around 800 BC, and Pueblo Indians inhabiting the Colorado Plateau in the United States did ...
Heritage turkeys of various breeds on a farm in Maryland. A heritage turkey is one of a variety of strains of domestic turkey which retains historic characteristics that are no longer present in the majority of turkeys raised for consumption since the mid-20th century.