Wild turkey (redirect from Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo)
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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Domestic turkey (redirect from Meleagris gallopavo domesticus)
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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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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Helmeted guineafowl (redirect from Numida meleagris)
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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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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Ocellated turkey (redirect from Meleagris ocellata)
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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