Galliformes / Phasianidae / Meleagris
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo · 火鸡
IUCN: Least Concern Found in China
Introduction
A wild turkey is a heavy North American gamebird.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Taxonomy
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Genus
- Meleagris
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
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.
