Poultry

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Poultry

Poultry is the category of domesticated birds kept for meatMeat

Meat, in its broadest modern definition, is all animal tissue used as food....
, eggsEgg (food) Overview

An egg is the ovum produced by a female animal for reproduction, often prepared as food....
, and feathers. These most typically are members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl)Fowl

A fowl is a bird of any kind.* Guineafowl...
, especially the order GalliformesFacts About Galliformes

The Galliformes is an order of birds containing the turkeys, grouse, quails and pheasants....
(which includes chickenChicken

A chicken is a type of domesticated bird which is often raised as a type of poultry....
s and turkeys) and the family AnatidaeAnatidae

Anatidae is the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swan....
(in order AnseriformesAnseriformes

The order Anseriformes contains about 150 species of birds in three families: the Anhimidae, Anseranatidae, and the Anatidae...
), commonly known as "waterfowlWaterfowl

Waterfowl are certain wildfowl of the order Anseriformes, especially members of the family Anatidae, which includes ducks, g...
" (e.g. domestic ducks and domestic geese). Poultry also include other meat birds such as pigeons or doveDove

The pigeons and doves are some 300 species of near passerine birds in the order Columbiformes....
s or gameGame (food)

Game is any animal hunted for food or not normally domesticated....
birds like pheasantPheasant

Pheasants are a group of large birds in the order Galliformes....
s. The term also refers to the flesh of such birds.

Examples of types of poultry

Bird	Wild ancestor	Domestication	Uses
ChickenChicken A chicken is a type of domesticated bird which is often raised as a type of poultry....	Red JunglefowlRed Junglefowl The Red Junglefowl, or Indian Red Junglefowl,, a tropical member of the Pheasant family, is the direct ancestor of the...	IndiaIndia India , officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia.... , c. 3000 BC	meat, eggs
DuckDomesticated duck Domesticated ducks are kept for meat, eggs and down....	MallardMallard The Mallard.jpg\|FemaleImage:Female_mallard_with_ducklings.jpg\|Female with young ducklings...	various	meat, feathers, eggs
Goose	Greylag GooseGreylag Goose The Greylag Goose, Anser anser, is a bird with a wide range in the Old World.... /Swan GooseSwan Goose The Swan Goose, Anser cygnoides, is a large goose with a natural breeding range in Mongolia and eastern Russia....	various	meat, feathers, eggs
Peacock	various	various	meat, feathers, ornamental, landscaping
SwanSwan Swans are large water birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks....	Wild Swan	various	feathers, eggs, landscaping
Turkey	Wild TurkeyWild Turkey The Wild Turkey is the heaviest member of the Galliformes, and is one of the two species of turkey....	MexicoMexico The United Mexican States, generally known as Mexico is a country located in North America, bordered at the north by t...	meat

Cuts of poultry

The meatiest parts of a bird are the flightFlight Overview

Flight is the process by which a heavier-than-air animal or object achieves sustained movement either through the air by aer...
muscleMuscle Overview

Muscle is contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells....
s on its chestChest

The chest is a part of the anatomy of humans and various other animals....
, called breast meat, and the walkingWalking

Walking is the main form of animal locomotion on land, distinguished from running and crawling....
muscles on the first and second segments of its legs, called the thigh and drumstick respectively.

White meatWhite meat

White meat refers to any light-colored meat, such as fish, seafood, and particularly poultry....
has less oxygenOxygen

Oxygen is a chemical element with the chemical symbol O and atomic number 8....
-carrying myoglobinMyoglobin

Myoglobin is a single-chain protein of 153 amino acids, containing a heme group in the center....
than the walking muscles, or dark meat, and is thus lighter in color.

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