Main Species
Wild Turkey
Male
Very large game bird. Displaying males look almost spherical, with naked, red-and-blue head and fanned tail.
© Brian McKenney | Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, May 11, 2017Female
Very large game bird with long neck and legs. Females are dark brown overall with even darker barring.
© D. Bruce Yolton | Macaulay LibraryNew York, April 22, 2017Male
Very large game bird with small, unfeathered head covered with blue and red wattles. Displaying males give a throaty, jumbled call known as a "gobble."
© Tim Laman | Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, April 18, 2009Female
Often roosts in trees. These heavy birds fly short distances to take cover. Takes flight with a flurry of loud, labored wingbeats.
© David Turko | Macaulay LibraryGeorgia, March 23, 2017Male
Male has a relatively small, bare head with blue skin and red wattles.
© Jeremiah Trimble | Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, April 20, 2017Female
Very large game bird. Females have bare skin on the head and are dark brown overall, with a coppery sheen to the rump and tail. When open, the wings show white barring.
© Ryan Schain | Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, March 03, 2012Juvenile
Juveniles can leave the nest upon hatching, but mothers care for their young into the first fall.
© Vern Wilkins | Macaulay LibraryIndiana, July 03, 2015Habitat
Occurs in woods mixed with open country; often forages by scratching in leaf litter. Females and adult males typically form separate flocks; female flocks can be up to 30 in summer, larger in winter.
© Michael J Good | Macaulay LibraryMaine, December 28, 2016