Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Galliformes > Phasianidae > Meleagris gallopavo > Meleagris gallopavo silvestris

Meleagris gallopavo silvestris (Southeastern wild turkey)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  13.338 lbs (6.05 kg)
Female Weight [1]  9.48 lbs (4.30 kg)
Male Weight [1]  17.196 lbs (7.80 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  81.4 %

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Eaton, SW 1992. Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). In A. Poole, P. Stettenheim, and F. Gill (Eds.). The Birds of North America. No. 22. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences - American Ornithologists' Union. Washington DC. 27 pp.
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