Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
火鸡
Introduction
A wild turkey is a heavy North American gamebird.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Taxonomy
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Genus
- Meleagris
- eBird Code
- wiltur
Subspecies (6)
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Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo
south-central Mexico (Jalisco to Veracruz and southward to Guerrero); introduced locally western Europe, Australia (Kangaroo Island off South Australia, King and Flinders islands off Tasmania), New Caledonia, New Zealand, Hawaii, western USA, Caribbean, and southeastern South America
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Meleagris gallopavo intermedia
northern Texas to east-central Mexico
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Meleagris gallopavo merriami
western USA
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Meleagris gallopavo mexicana
mountains west of central plateau of Mexico
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Meleagris gallopavo osceola
locally in Florida
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Meleagris gallopavo silvestris
central and eastern USA
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.