Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo - Dindon sauvage

Dindon sauvage
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phasianidés

  • Genus
    :

    Meleagris

  • Species
    :

    gallopavo

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 76 à 125 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 2700 à 6300 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Dindon sauvage
♂ adult plum. breeding
Dindon sauvage
♀ adult plum. breeding

Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo (s Mexico)
  • Meleagris gallopavo silvestris (s Canada, c and e USA)
  • Meleagris gallopavo osceola (Florida. USA.)
  • Meleagris gallopavo intermedia (n Texas to ec Mexico)
  • Meleagris gallopavo mexicana (nw and nc Mexico)
  • Meleagris gallopavo merriami (w USA)

Foreign names

  • Dindon sauvage,
  • Guajolote gallipavo,
  • peru-bravo,
  • Truthuhn,
  • vadpulyka,
  • Kalkoen,
  • Tacchino,
  • kalkon,
  • Kalkun,
  • morka divá,
  • krocan divoký,
  • Kalkun,
  • kalkkuna,
  • gall dindi comú,
  • Kalkúni,
  • indyk (zwyczajny),
  • meža tītars,
  • puran,
  • Индейка,
  • シチメンチョウ,
  • 火鸡,
  • 吐綬雞,

Voice song and cries

Dindon sauvage
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Dindon sauvage
♂ adult plum. breeding

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Temperate ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Dindon sauvage
published: - Updated: 04-03-2005
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