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domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Artist José Maria de Souza Moura Girão (1840-1916)
Description
English: "Turkey" (1901), by Moura Girão
Português: "Perú" (1901), por Moura Girão
Date 1901
Source/Photographer Palácio do Correio Velho
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Per%C3%BA_(1901)_-_Moura_Gir%C3%A3o.png
The domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is a large poultry bird, domestic form of the wild turkey. The English language name for this species results from an early misidentification of the bird with an unrelated species which was imported to Europe through the country of Turkey. |