Wild Turkey
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Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Bavarian Forest National Park
1 Verified records at Bavarian Forest National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an upland game bird native to North America, one of two extant species of turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes. It is the ancestor to the domestic turkey (M. g. domesticus), which was originally derived from a southern Mexican subspecies of wild turkey (not the related ocellated turkey). Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Bavarian Forest National Park

Ring-necked Pheasant
LC Endemic

Ring-necked Pheasant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phasianus colchicus

10–20% · With luck
Western Capercaillie
LC

Western Capercaillie

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tetrao urogallus

10–20% · With luck
Eurasian Black Grouse
LC Endemic

Eurasian Black Grouse

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lyrurus tetrix

Insufficient data
Common Peafowl
LC

Common Peafowl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pavo cristatus

Insufficient data
Red Junglefowl
LC

Red Junglefowl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallus gallus

Insufficient data
Hazel Grouse
LC

Hazel Grouse

Bird

Tetrastes bonasia

<5% · Rare
Common Quail
LC

Common Quail

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Coturnix coturnix

<5% · Rare
Gray Partridge
LC

Gray Partridge

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Perdix perdix

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

📊

Fewer than 5 records of Wild Turkey at Bavarian Forest National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
50–60%
2 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
3 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
4 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
5 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
6 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
7 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
8 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
9 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
10 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
11 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
12 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
13 Congaree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
14 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
<5%
15 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
16 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
17 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
18 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
19 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
20 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
21 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
22 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
23 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
Insufficient data
24 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
25 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
26 Nahuel Huapi National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data
27 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
28 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
29 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
30 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
Insufficient data
31 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
32 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
33 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
34 Tongariro National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
35 Voyageurs National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
36 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
Insufficient data
37 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
38 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
39 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
40 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
41 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
42 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
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