Turkey Sounds

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The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, native to North America.
There are two extant turkey species: the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) of eastern and central North America and the ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.
Males of both turkey species have a distinctive fleshy wattle, called a snood, that hangs from the top of the beak.
They are among the largest birds in their ranges.
As with many large ground-feeding birds (order Galliformes), the male is bigger and much more colorful than the female.