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Query: Birds of europeResult: 1193rd of 1703
domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Subject: domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
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Turkeys ducks and dove (Genoa 17 ct).jpg
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domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)


Deutsch: Puten, Enten und eine Taube, Öl auf Leinwand, 61 x 85 cm, genuesische Schule des 17. Jahrhunderts
Date 17th century
Source Dorotheum
Author Anonymous
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turkeys_ducks_and_dove_(Genoa_17_ct).jpg

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.

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