Animals Territory | Turkey | Turkey is a large bird in
the genus Meleagris. One species, Meleagris gallopavo (commonly known as
the Wild Turkey) is native to the forests of North America. The
domestic turkey is a descendant of this species. The other living
species is Meleagris ocellata or the Ocellated Turkey, native to the
forests of the Yucatán Peninsula. Turkeys are classed in the taxonomic
order of Galliformes.
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