Turkey Pecking 1
by Linda Brody
Title
Turkey Pecking 1
Artist
Linda Brody
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Turkey Pecking 1. A female turkey is wandering and pecking near a porch area. Taken in Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary, Orange County, CA.
The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, which is native to the Americas. Males of both turkey species have a distinctive fleshy wattle or protuberance that hangs from the top of the beak (called a snood). They are among the largest birds in their ranges. As in many galliformes, the male is larger and much more colorful than the female.
Turkeys are classed in the family of Phasianidae (pheasants, partridges, francolins, junglefowl, grouse, and relatives thereof) in the taxonomic order of Galliformes. The genus Meleagris is the only extant genus in the subfamily Meleagridinae, formerly known as the family Meleagrididae, but now subsumed within the family Phasianidae.
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November 16th, 2018
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