The California turkey, Meleagris californica, arose approximately 11 million years ago in North America, and turkey bones in the La Brea tar pits in California indicate that California turkeys were ...

But how well do you really know Meleagris gallopavo, the wild turkey from which the domesticated version, the one likely to be on your plate, was derived? 1 ) Turkeys are more than just big ...

The Aztecs and other native cultures also relied on Meleagris ocellata—a different breed from our North American Meleagris gallopavo—for meat and eggs. And the United Kingdom has long ...

E. W. Nelson, Description of a New Subspecies of Meleagris Gallopavo and Proposed Changes in the Nomenclature of Certain North American Birds, The Auk, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr., 1900), pp. 120-126 ...