Meleagris americana
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Meleagris americana
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. |
