#0871 · 🐦 birds

Wild Turkey

🇳🇱 Kalkoen ·Meleagris gallopavo

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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what is it?

The wild turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ) is an upland ground bird native to North America and is the heaviest member of the diverse Galliformes. It is the same species as the domestic turkey, which was originally derived from a southern Mexican subspecies of wild turkey (not the related ocellated turkey). Although native to North America, the turkey probably got its name from the domesticated variety being imported to Britain in ships coming from the Levant via Spain....

base stats

NL sightings 8iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 204,320iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).