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The genus Meleagris was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. [1] The genus name is from the Ancient Greek μελεαγρις, meleagris meaning "guineafowl". [2] The type species is the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). [3]
The domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus) is a large fowl, one of the two species in the genus Meleagris and the same species as the wild turkey.Although turkey domestication was thought to have occurred in central Mesoamerica at least 2,000 years ago, [1] recent research suggests a possible second domestication event in the area that is now the southwestern United States between ...
Galliformes / ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr m iː z / is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl.Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are often reared by humans for their meat and eggs, or hunted as game birds.
In instrumental music, a style of playing that imitates the way the human voice might express the music, with a measured tempo and flexible legato. cantilena a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style canto Chorus; choral; chant cantus mensuratus or cantus figuratus (Lat.) Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured ...
The Narragansett turkey is a breed of Meleagris gallopavo which descends from a cross between the eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) and the domestic turkey. According to the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, the Narragansett turkey is a "historic variety, unique to North America" and is named for Narragansett Bay. [1]
Meleagris gallopavo: 1990 [68] Oregon: Osprey (state raptor) Pandion haliaetus: 2017 [69] Pennsylvania: Ruffed grouse (state game bird) Bonasa umbellus: 1931 [3] South Carolina: Northern mockingbird (former state bird) Mimus polyglottos: 1939 – 1948 [50] Wild turkey (state wild game bird) Meleagris gallopavo: 1976 [70] Wood duck (state duck ...
The helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) is the best known of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus Numida. It is native to Africa, mainly south of the Sahara , and has been widely introduced, as a domesticated species , into the West Indies , North America, Colombia, Brazil, [ 2 ] Australia and Europe.
Plate 1 by John James Audubon depicting a wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). About 1820, around the age of 35, Audubon declared his intention to paint every bird in North America. [ 12 ] [ 10 ] In his bird art, he mainly forsook oil paint, the medium of serious artists of the day, in favour of watercolours and pastel crayons (and occasionally ...