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The ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is a species of turkey residing primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, as well as in parts of Belize and Guatemala. [1] A relative of the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), it was sometimes previously considered in a genus of its own (Agriocharis), but the differences between the two turkeys are currently considered too small to ...
Egg of wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, native to North America.There are two extant turkey species: the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) of eastern and central North America and the ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.
Tail feathers of both sexes are bluish-grey with an eye-shaped, blue-bronze spot near the end with a bright gold tip. These spots, or ocelli (for which the ocellated turkey is named), have been likened to the patterning typically found on peafowl. This ocellated turkey was photographed near Tikal in the Petén region of Guatemala.
Turkey breeds are reported to the DAD-IS breed database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations by more than sixty countries. [1] The breeds reported include commercial/industrial strains, local types and recognised breeds in many countries.
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.
When male turkeys inseminated female chickens, no hybrids resulted; however, the unfertilised chicken eggs began to divide. According to Olsen, [20] turkey-chicken crosses produced all males. A supposed turkey × pheasant hybrid was reported by Edwards in 1761. [22] A hybrid between a turkey and Ocellated turkey was reported in 1956. [23]
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Support Ocellated turkeys are the best turkeys. – Crawdad Blues 22:27, 15 April 2023 (UTC) One assumes Crawdad must know his gobblers. -- Sca 12:26, 18 April 2023 (UTC) Promoted File:Ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) male Peten.jpg--Armbrust The Homunculus 19:18, 22 April 2023 (UTC)