wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Query: Iconographia zoologica

Result: 986^th of 1524

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

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Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797)
Meleagris gallopavo
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Buffon II p. 191 pl. 97
Old Latin name Meleagris gallopavo
New Latin name Meleagris gallopavo
Common name Nederlands: kalkoen
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meleagris_gallopavo_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16900304.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.

Iconographia zoologica
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