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Transferred from Agriocharis to Meleagris following HBW (Wiki standard source) - MPF 18:38, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

rerated as C, needs more comprehensiveness-wise. Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:23, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Distribution

The distribution map at the top of the article seems to represent only a fraction of its range - equivalent to Yucatan state in Mexico. The shaded area should stretch much further south and west if it is to take in the range described in the text (and I've certainly seen ocellated turkeys in the wild in Petén, Guatemala). Simon Burchell (talk) 20:55, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Diet?

Anyone know what it naturally subsists upon? I think that info would benefit the article and really, any species article that doesn't currently list known prey. — Somarinoa (talk) 20:08, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is a species of turkey residing primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, as well as in parts of Belize and Guatemala. It is a relative of the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), although it is somewhat smaller. The body feathers of both sexes are a mixture of bronze and green iridescent color, with neither sex possessing the beard typically found in wild turkeys. Tail feathers of both sexes are bluish-grey with an eye-shaped, blue-bronze spot near the end with a bright gold tip. These spots, or ocelli (for which the ocellated turkey is named), have been likened to the patterning typically found on peafowl. This ocellated turkey was photographed near Tikal in the Petén region of Guatemala.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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