Turkey
The turkey is a 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 north america and the ocellated turkey (meleagris ocellata) of the yucatán peninsula in mexico. males of both turkey species have a distinctive fleshy wattle, called a snood, that hangs from the top of the beak. they are among the largest birds in their ranges. as with many large ground-feeding birds (order galliformes), the male is bigger and much more colorful than the female. the earliest turkeys evolved in north america over 20 million years ago. they share a recent common ancestor with grouse, pheasants, and ot...
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