wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

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Subject:	wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
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Artist Paul Louis Oudart (1796–1860)
Creator:C. Motte
Meleagris americana
Date 1825-1834
Source/Photographer Vieillot, La galerie des oiseaux, pl. 201
Old Latin name Meleagris americana
New Latin name Meleagris gallopavo
Common name Nederlands: kalkoen
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meleagris_americana_-_1825-1834_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16900294.tif

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.

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