domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Query: Birds of europe

Result: 443^rd of 1703

Subject:	domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

Nederlandsche vogelen (KB) - Meleagris gallopavo (452b).jpg

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domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Author
Cornelius Nozeman (1720–1786)
Christiaan Andreas Sepp (ca 1710–1775)
Jan Christiaan Sepp (1739–1811)
Martinus Houttuyn (1720–1798)
Title
Nederlands: Kalkoen uit Nederlandsche vogelen; volgens hunne huishouding, aert, en eigenschappen beschreeven
English: Wild turkey (Male) from Nederlandsche vogelen (Dutch birds) by Nozeman and Sepp (1770-1829)

Object type Book
Description
English: Plate 230 from the Nederlandsche vogelen by Nozeman and Sepp.
Nederlands: Plaat 230 uit de Nederlandsche vogelen door Nozeman en Sepp.
Date between 1770 and 1829
Medium Print, coloured by hand
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nederlandsche_vogelen_(KB)_-_Meleagris_gallopavo_(452b).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.

Birds of europe
443/1703

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