Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

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 due to the domesticated variety being imported to Britain in ships coming from the Levant via Spain. The British at... less ↑

Global Range: Native to Asia. Introduced and established in most of Europe, New Zealand, and North America; also on all main islands of Hawaii. In North America from southern Canada south locally to California, Utah, southern New Mexico, southeastern Texas, northwestern Oklahoma, southern Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. Introduced on Guam but did not become established (Reichel and Glass 1991). less ↑