Fact Card
COMMON NAME: Wild Turkey
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Meleagris gallopavo
TYPE: Introduced
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni – Kadavu – Lomaiviti – Lau – Rotuma
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Galliformes / FAMILY – Phasianidae / GENUS – Meleagris
Video: Wild Turkey
Audio: Wild Turkey
IUCN Red List Status
Additional Photographs
References
- Hans (2012). Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, Wild turkey [Photograph]. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/turkey-meleagris-gallopavo-49672/
- Hans (2012). Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, Wild turkey [Photograph]. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/turkey-meleagris-gallopavo-49673/
- IUCN (2018). Wild Turkey [Photograph]. IUCN Redlist. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22679525/132051953
- [James (Jim) Holmes]. (2017, November 2). Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo [Audio]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/73964601
- [Tim Laman]. (2009, March 13). Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo [Video]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/455065
- Mohann (2021). Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo [Photograph]. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/wildlife-turkey-wild-turkey-6202054/
- Wild turkey. (2023, August 22). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_turkey
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – https://naturefiji.org/
