wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Wild Turkeys in the Mountains of West Virginia
Title: The American Museum journal
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
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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.