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The genus Meleagris was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. [1] The genus name is from the Ancient Greek μελεαγρις, meleagris meaning "guineafowl". [2] The type species is the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). [3]
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 ...
The Narragansett turkey is a breed of Meleagris gallopavo which descends from a cross between the eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) and the domestic turkey. According to the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, the Narragansett turkey is a "historic variety, unique to North America" and is named for Narragansett Bay. [1]
Meleagris gallopavo The Norfolk Black , also known as the Black Spanish or Black Turkey , is a British breed of domestic turkey . It is thought to derive from birds taken to Britain from Spain, where they had arrived with Spanish explorers returning from the New World .
A wild turkey is a heavy North American gamebird.. Wild Turkey may also refer to: . Wild Turkey (bourbon), a brand of whiskey Wild Turkey (band), a 1970s rock band formed by former Jethro Tull bassist Glenn Cornick and Gentle Giant drummer John Weathers
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 ...
Meleagris gallopavo: 1990 [68] Oregon: Osprey (state raptor) Pandion haliaetus: 2017 [69] Pennsylvania: Ruffed grouse (state game bird) Bonasa umbellus: 1931 [3] South Carolina: Northern mockingbird (former state bird) Mimus polyglottos: 1939 – 1948 [50] Wild turkey (state wild game bird) Meleagris gallopavo: 1976 [70] Wood duck (state duck ...
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