Meleagris ocellata  Guatemala 8a🐔

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SpeciesGalliformesPhasianidae
Birds

🐔Ocellated Turkey

Meleagris ocellata Cuvier, 1820

The ocellated turkey is a species of turkey residing primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, as well as in parts of Belize and Guatemala. A relative of the North American wild turkey, it was sometimes previously considered in a genus of its own (Agriocharis), but the differences between the two turkeys are currently considered too small to justify generic segregation. It is a relatively large bird, at around 70–122 cm (28–48 in) long and an average weight of 3 kg (6.6 lb) in females and 5 kg (11 lb) in males.

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Conservation status
NTNear threatened

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
5.53 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
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Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Ocellated Turkey

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Body mass
5.53 kg
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Tail length
0.31 m
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Wing length
0.36 m
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Beak length
0.04 m
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Tarsus length
0.12 m
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Habitat
Forest
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Lifestyle
Terrestrial
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Volume l
5.5 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Ocellated Turkey yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderGalliformes
  5. ›familyPhasianidae
  6. ›genusMeleagris
  7. ›speciesMeleagris ocellata
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. orderGamebirds · Galliformes
  3. subfamilyMeleagridinae
  4. genusMeleagris
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. superorderGalloanserae
  11. orderGamebirds · Galliformes
  12. subfamilyMeleagridinae
  13. genusMeleagris
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Indyk pawi (pl), Dindon ocellé (fr), Глазчатая индейка (ru), Meleagris ocellata (es), gall dindi ocel·lat (ca), pávaszemes pulyka (hu) … and 20 more languages
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