Domestic turkey

Species of bird

The domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus) is a large fowl, one of the two species in the genus Meleagris and the same species as the wild turkey. Turkey domestication was thought to have occurred in central Mesoamerica at least 2,000 years ago,. The main domestic turkey varieties today descend from the turkey raised in central Mexico that was subsequently imported into Europe by the Spanish in the 16th century.

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