"Wild Turkey Portrait"

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The ocellated turkey is a species of turkey residing primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula. A relative of the wild turkey, it was sometimes previously treated in a genus of its own, but the differences between the two turkeys are currently considered too small to justify generic segregation.

A few years ago just before Thanksgiving, a woman named Anna pulled up to the barn at Catskill Animal Sanctuary with a turkey named Henrietta.

The large size, iridescent bronze plumage, and naked bluish head should distinguish Wild Turkeys from all other birds. Males have a prominent red neck wattle, a beard, and spurs on their legs. Their back and breast feathers are tipped with black. Females are smaller, less brightly colored, and generally lacks a beard (a few females have beards up to 3 inches in length). The back and breast feathers of females are tipped with yellowish brown or white. Adult males average 48 inches in length…

Wild Turkey - Male - latest sighting spreading his tail feathers on 5/16/15 - Clear Fork Farm, Whitley Co, KY

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Ocellated Turkey, Tikal, Guatemala, March 2015 - click for larger image

I was a bit surprised to find a flock of turkeys up at 8,000 ft, but they seemed happy!