Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGalliformes (Landfowl)
- FamilyPhasianidae (Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies)
- GenusMeleagris (Turkeys)
- SpeciesMeleagris gallopavo (Wild Turkey)
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 Lake Nakuru National Park
Coqui Francolin
Campocolinus coqui
Hildebrandt's Francolin
Pternistis hildebrandti
Shelley's Francolin
Scleroptila shelleyi
Scaly Francolin
Pternistis squamatus
Yellow-necked Francolin
Pternistis leucoscepus
Crested Francolin
Ortygornis sephaena
Harlequin Quail
Coturnix delegorguei
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Wild Turkey at Lake Nakuru National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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