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Meleagris gallopavo (Wild Turkey)

Synonyms: Ardea sellardsi
Language: French; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

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. The British at the time therefore associated the wild turkey with the country Turkey and the name prevails.
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Infraspecies

Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo (Mexican wild turkey)
Meleagris gallopavo intermedia (Rio Grande wild turkey)
Meleagris gallopavo merriami (Mexican wild turkey)
Meleagris gallopavo mexicana (Mexican wild turkey)
Meleagris gallopavo osceola (Florida wild turkey)
Meleagris gallopavo silvestris (Southeastern wild turkey) (Attributes)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
24
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.19075
EDGE Score: 2.32148
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  13.503 lbs (6.125 kg)
Birth Weight [3]  47 grams
Female Weight [5]  9.48 lbs (4.30 kg)
Male Weight [5]  16.314 lbs (7.40 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [5]  72.1 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Forests
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [4]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  20 %
Diet - Plants [4]  40 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  20 %
Forages - Understory [4]  10 %
Forages - Ground [4]  90 %
Clutch Size [6]  11
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Fledging [5]  14 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  7,800,000
Incubation [3]  28 days
Maximum Longevity [3]  13 years
Snout to Vent Length [5]  34 inches (86 cm)
Wing Span [7]  3.903 feet (1.19 m)
Female Maturity [3]  10 months 4 days
Male Maturity [3]  1 year

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Ecosystems

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

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♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
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♦ 8Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
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♦ 10Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 11International Flea Database
♦ 12Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0