Species profile—Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Phasianidae (pheasants and quail) → Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Phasianidae (pheasants and quail)
- Scientific name
- Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus, 1758
- Common name
- wild turkey
- WildNet taxon ID
- 19667
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=19667.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
