Feeding ocellated turkey. Tikal, Guatemala.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is a species of turkey residing in the Yucatán Peninsula. A relative of the more common Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), it was sometimes previously treated in a genus of its own (Agriocharis ocellata) but the differences between this species and Meleagris gallopavo are too small to justify generic segregation. It is relatively large bird, at around 70-122 cm (28-48 in) long and an average weight of 3 kg ( lbs) in females and 5 kg (11 lbs) in males. The Ocellated Turkey lives only in a 130,000 km² (50,000 square miles) range of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico which includes the states of Quintana Roo, Campeche and Yucatán, as well as parts of southern Tabasco and northeastern Chiapas. They also can be found in Belize and the northern part of Guatemala.
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Location: Central Latin America Mesoamerica El Peten department Tikal Guatemala
Photo credit: © Bert de Ruiter / Alamy / Afripics
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