Artist
Creator:Bernard Arthur Ruston (Sam) Carter
Creator:Pearson
Meleagris gallopavo Date 1870
Source/Photographer The Illustrated London News, 10-12-1870, p. 601
Old Latin name Meleagris gallopavo New Latin name Meleagris gallopavo Common name Nederlands: kalkoen
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The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an upland ground bird native to North America and is the heaviest member of the diverse Galliformes. It is the same species as the domestic turkey, which was originally derived from a southern Mexican subspecies of wild turkey.
