Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo · Bird
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A big ground bird of North America, toms 7 to 11 kg with a bare red head, wattles and a fanned tail, living in hardwood and mixed conifer forest with clearings, fields and seasonal marshes. It forages on the ground for acorns, nuts, seeds and insects, runs and flies fast, and roosts in trees at night; in snowy country it sheltered in conifers through winter. It is the wild ancestor of the farmyard turkey.
- Danger
- Harmless
- How it is met
- In flocks, by day
- Size
- Small
- In winter
- Active in winter
Where it lives
Temperate Forest, Temperate Conifer Forest, Swamp, Marsh
Gives
Wild Turkey Meat, Wild Turkey Egg, Wild Turkey Feathers
Sources
- Jason McCullough; Kari Kirschbaum, Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2001.
- Wild turkey. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
- Dindon sauvage. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
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