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Friday, 9 January 2015
Wild turkey
The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is native to North America and is the heaviest member of the diverse Galliformes. It is the same species as the domestic turkey, which was originally derived from a southern Mexican subspecies of wild turkey (not the related ocellated turkey).
Although native to North America, the turkey probably got its name from
the domesticated variety being imported to Britain in ships coming from
the Levant via Spain. The British at the time therefore, associated the wild turkey with the country Turkey and the name stuck.
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