Turkey (bird)
genus of large ground-feeding birds native to the Americas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Turkeys are birds in the genus Meleagris. They are like a chicken but much bigger. Wild turkeys live in forests in North America and Central America. In the United States, people traditionally eat turkey on the holiday of Thanksgiving.
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Turkey | |
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Wild turkey | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Subfamily: | Meleagridinae |
Genus: | Meleagris Linnaeus, 1758 |
Species | |
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This genus has two species:
- Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
- Ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata)