domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Artist Carl Wilhelm Hahn (1829–1887)  
Title Feeding the turkeys
Date 19th century (after 1869)
Medium oil on canvas
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Hahn_-_Feeding_the_turkeys.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.