TURKEY, an abbreviation for Turkey-Cock or Turkey-Hen as the case may be, a well-known large domestic gallinaceous bird.
Turkey
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The wild turkey of North America rarely exceeds 20 pounds in weight. Females weigh only half as much.
Turkey vulture Cathartes aura
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Length: 25 inches Wingspan: 72 inches
Sexes similar
Very large, broad-winged, soaring bird
Long and rounded tail
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Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
The Turkey Vulture is found from southern Canada to Tierra del Fuego. It is found in a wide variety of habitats from desert to tropical rain forest.
Turkey Vulture
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
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Turkey Vulture
Species Info Closest Map
Recent encounters for the Turkey Vulture.
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Length: about 25".
Photographed on May 27, 2005, along the refuge's Wildlife Loop (map) near Snow Goose Pool.
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes Aura)
True or false? Engineers have been known to use a bird's sense of smell to detect leaks in natural gas
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Turkey Vulture
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Turkey - Bronze
Alternative Name
American Mammoth Bronze Scientific Name: Meleagris gallopavo
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Turkey Dinner: Wild Turkeys are omnivorous, foraging on the ground or climb shrubs and small trees to feed.
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Turkeys
The Turkey (Meleagrididae / Megapodiidae) is either one of two species of large birds in the genus Meleagris native to North America. Turkeys are classed in the order Galliformes.
TURKEY VULTURE FACTS
Description
The Turkey Vulture is a large black-brown bird with a bare red head. The flight feathers are gray on the underside. It can soar for long periods, holding its long wings held in a shallow v-shape.
Turkey
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
common name for a large game and poultry bird related to the grouse and the pheasant. Its name derives from its "turk-turk" call.
Turkey Vulture
Bird. Turkey vultures are related to the stork, not to birds of prey. They can travel up to 322 kilometers (200 miles) in a day.
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
The Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) is a widespread species over most of North, Central, and South America. It is often a common and conspicuous species and one which is familiar to most people.
Turkeys are domestic (farm) birds that were originally bred from wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopo). The adult female turkey is called a hen, the adult male is called a tom, and the young are called poults.
Turkeys are the largest upland game bird in North America. They are 36 to 48 inches long, with four- to five-foot wingspans. Males average ten inches longer than females.
Turkeys were introduced to New Zealand around the 1890s. In those days, until around the 1950s, ...
Turkey Vultures are scavengers, subsisting entirely on carrion. With the coming of the automobile, they are most often seen feeding on roadkills.
Turkey Questions
Answer simple questions about turkeys. The answers are: 1. yes, 2. in trees, 3. yes, 4. Benjamin Franklin, 5. male, 6. hens, 7. poults.
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Turkey Vulture
(Cathartes aura)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2011
Breeding Status:-
1992 to 1996: Possible but not likely
1997 to 2001: Possible but not likely
2002 to 2006: Possible but not likely ...
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura (Linnaeus)
Status Rare visitant. Although there are no published nineteenth-century records, Piers' notes refer to museum specimens (not extant) taken from Clarks Harbour, Shelburne County, ...
Turkey Brood Survey
Help MassWildlife count adult and young turkeys for our population estimates. Outdoor enthusiasts and other cooperators are invited to join in MassWildlife's turkey brood survey, conducted annually from June through August.
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Turkey
The names of our traditional Thanksgiving bird reflect utter confusion about this Native American fowl.
Turkeys: Meleagris gallopavo
Appearance:
The Florida wild turkey is best distinguished from the eastern subspecies, which it closely resembles, by its darker wing feathers.
TURKEY MANAGEMENT IN INDIANA
To restore this native game bird, the Division of Fish and Wildlife has essentially followed the management plan listed below: ...
Wild Turkey Photos
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Wild Turkey
EASTERN WILD TURKEY
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Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
I accidentally flushed a Wild Turkey off her nest, revealing 12 eggs!
Alleghany Co., NC 5/27/07.
Turkeys are social birds and in winter often separate into three distinct groups: adult males (toms), young males (jakes), and females (hens) of all ages.
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura falklandica
Local Name: Turkey Buzzard
Breeding Range: Falkland Islands
Length: 70cm
Falklands Population: ~3,000 breeding pairs
World Population: as above
(subspecies restricted to Falklands) ...
Turkey
The turkey is a large game bird native to North American forested areas and now raised commercially for food in most parts of the world ...
Turkeys belong to the family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes.
They are sometimes placed in a separate family, Meleagrididae.
Some common breeds of turkey in the United States include:
Bourbon Red
Bronze
Narragansett
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Turkeys are generally kept either in large, windowless broiler sheds or in pole barns which are netted on one side and have natural light and ventilation. A small number of turkeys are produced free-range.
Turkeys mate from April to May. Hens lay 10 to 12 eggs, which hatch in about 28 days. The young, called polts, are able to fly in three or four weeks, but they stay with their mother up to four months.
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Turkey-cocks when at roost sometimes strut and gobble, but I have more generally seen them spread out and raise their tail, and emit the pulmonic puff, lowering their tail and other feathers immediately after.
The turkey was Benjamin Franklin's choice for the United States's national bird. The noble fowl was a favored food of Native Americans.
Wild turkeys mate in the early spring. The male wild turkey gobbles to attract a female. He fans out his tail, struts around the female and lowers his wings and drags the tips on the ground.
Wild Turkey Management
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A male turkey's gobble can be heard up to a mile away.
Even though the turkey spends most of its time on the ground, it roosts in trees with other members of its flock.
Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the U.S.
The Wild Turkey is a very cautious bird with good eyesight and hearing. It is also a swift runner and one of the fastest flying game birds alive, recorded flying 88 kph.
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Australian brush-turkey population, Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South bioregions - endangered population listing
Australian Brush-turkey population in the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South bioregions - profile ...
NESTING:
The Turkey Vulture usually nests on the ground under cover, and sometimes in caves. They lay two eggs.
CONSERVATION STATUS:
Considered common in its range, it has no special conservation status.
Description – Bruijn's brush-turkey
Information on Bruijn's brush-turkey is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.
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Turkey Vulture
Class: Aves
Status: IUCN red List: Least concern
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Turkey Hill Road
The Golden-winged Warbler singing its Blue-winged song was again seen early in the month at the intersection of Turkey Hill and Road. I was lucky to see it on May.
Turkey, Wild Meleagris gallopavo Native to North America, introduced elsewhere
Photographed by Dick Daniels in: 1, 2, 3) North Carolina 4, 5, 6) New Hampshire 7) Hawaii 8) at Sylvan Heights
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Turkey Vulture - Supreme Static Soarer
"Soaring" is flying with minimal flapping of the wings. "Static soaring" refers to soaring flight occurring in rising air, such as on thermals. And no birds are better at it than the vultures.
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Although the Wild Turkey was well known to Native Americans and widely used by them as food, ...
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Hawks and Eagles
American Swallow-tailed Kite
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Turkey Roadtest
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Turkey Vulture Facts
Turkey vultures are one of the amazing birds that are found in America and are known for some really interesting habits and characteristics. Find out some important turkey vulture facts with this article.
Turkey Creek Sanctuary, Brevard County, Florida
We were lucky to come across this large snake resting motionless on the pine forest floor.
Turkey Vultures migrate thousands of miles north each spring from their tropical winter homes, and each fall return south to their old nesting sites. Turkey Vultures travel in unorganized flocks of several hundred birds.
Turkey vultures occupy a diverse range of habitats. They are found in forested as well as open environments. Turkey vultures can be found anywhere they can effectively find a carrion food supply.
Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) and black vultures (Coragyps atratus) are widespread across the Americas. Rare for birds of prey, turkey vultures actually have a keen sense of smell, while black vultures rely on their eyesight to find food.
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 See also: Vulture, Pigeon, Grouse, Quail, Woodpecker
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