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    The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an upland game bird native to North America, one of two extant species of turkey and the heaviest member of the...
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    Turkey (bird) (redirect from Meleagris)
    large bird in the genus Meleagris, native to North America. There are two extant turkey species: the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) of eastern and central...
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    The domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus) is a large fowl, one of the two species in the genus Meleagris and the same species as the wild turkey...
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    Narragansett turkey is a breed of Meleagris gallopavo which descends from a cross between the eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) and the domestic...
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    North America, the native wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) was confused with this species. The word meleagris, Greek for guineafowl, is also shared in...
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    absence of melanin deposition. Original wild plumage color of turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) is bronzed, but solid white plumage color due to an autosomal recessive...
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    largest extant galliform species, the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), which may weigh as much as 14 kg (30.5 lb) and may exceed 120 cm...
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    Belize and Guatemala. A relative of the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), it was sometimes previously considered in a genus of its own (Agriocharis)...
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  • Scientific name Photography Year Alabama Wild turkey (state game bird) Meleagris gallopavo 1980 Georgia Bobwhite quail (state game bird) Colinus virginianus...
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    The homologs from chickens (Gallus gallus) and especially turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) are best characterized. It is not related to the similarly named...
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    the smaller southwestern turkey (Meleagris crassipes) and the larger North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). The extinction of this species...
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    domesticated turkey is descended from one of six subspecies of wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) found in the present Mexican states of Jalisco, Guerrero and Veracruz...
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    jay (state endemic), and others. One subspecies of wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo osceola, is found only in Florida. The state is a wintering location...
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    jay (state endemic), and others. One subspecies of wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, namely subspecies osceola, is found only in the state of Florida...
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  • heaviest member of this order is the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). The largest specimen ever recorded was shot in 2015, and weighed...
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    black-coloured turkeys with them. Cross-breeding of some of these with Meleagris gallopavo silvestris, the Eastern sub-species of the wild turkey, led to the...
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    Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) 4,000 40 1.0 1 Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) 4,800 40 1.0 2 Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) 6,050 28 1.0 11...
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    "The proteome of the calcified layer organic matrix of turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) eggshell". Proteome Sci. 11 (1): 40. doi:10.1186/1477-5956-11-40...
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    20th century. Characteristic birds of the forest are wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris), ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus), mourning dove (Zenaida...
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  • americana 23 (51) 40 (88) 134 (4.4) No 8 Domestic turkey/wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo 13.5 (29.8) 39 (86) 100 - 124.9 (3.3 – 4.1)[citation needed] Yes...
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  • turkeypox. It is one of the most common diseases in the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) population. Turkeypox, like all avipoxviruses, is transmitted either...
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    The seeds are known to be consumed by Rio Grande wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) and mourning doves (Zenaida macroura). The seeds, which...
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    it rises umbrella-like above ... "Hogan, C. Michael "Wild Turkey: Meleagris gallopavo", GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg 2008". John White. 1790. Voyage...
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  • domesticus, the chicken Lycalopex culpaeus domesticus, the Fuegian dog Meleagris gallopavo domesticus, the domestic turkey Mus musculus domesticus, the house...
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    Plate 1 by John James Audubon depicting a wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)....
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    Matheny, Ray; Yang, Dongya (8 August 2012). "Earliest Mexican turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in the Maya region; implications for pre-Hispanic animal trade and...
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  • (Caprimulgus vociferus) Whooping crane (Grus americana) Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) Wood duck (Aix sponsa) Chorus...
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    Koklass pheasant, Pucrasia macrolopha Meleagris – turkeys Wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo Ocellated turkey, Meleagris ocellata Bonasa – ruffed grouse Ruffed...
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    concolor Tamiasciurus fremonti Cynomys ludovicianus Aquila chrysaetos Meleagris gallopavo Crotalus molossus Antilocapra americana Odocoileus virginianus Didelphis...
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    National Park. The island also supports a population of feral turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo). Flinders Island has a mild oceanic climate (Cfb) that is strongly...
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