Wild Turkey
The Wild Turkey is the heaviest member of the
Galliformes, and is one of the two species of
turkey. Adults have a small featherless bluish head, a red throat, long reddish-orange legs and a dark body. The head has fleshy growths called caruncles on them, and there is a flap of flesh on the bill called a dewlap that can contract or expand as it is engourged with blood.
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The
Wild Turkey is the heaviest member of the
Galliformes, and is one of the two species of
turkey. Adults have a small featherless bluish head, a red throat, long reddish-orange legs and a dark body. The head has fleshy growths called caruncles on them, and there is a flap of flesh on the bill called a dewlap that can contract or expand as it is engourged with blood.
