Wild turkey: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the wild turkey lives – recorded in 7 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Meleagris gallopavo
Group	Pheasants, grouse & game birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	7 countries
Continents	North America, Oceania
Diet (main food)	nut, insect, grain, acorn
Class	Bird
Order	Galliformes
Family	Phasianidae

Where does the wild turkey live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the wild turkey in 7 countries and territories across North America and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa. In Australia, New Zealand it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What does a wild turkey eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the wild turkey as: nut, insect, grain, acorn.

Is the wild turkey endangered?

The wild turkey’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the wild turkey?

The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is a bird in the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae, genus Meleagris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the 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).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Wild turkey (revision 1378828977), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q26844 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).