Meleagridinae

Female common turkey Meleagris gallopavo with chicks, copyright Kevin Cole.

Belongs within: Phasianidae.

The Meleagridinae, turkeys, are a small group of North American gamebirds with featherless heads and necks and a metallic gloss over much of the plumage. The common turkey Meleagris gallopavo is widely farmed as a source of meat.

<==Meleagridinae [Galloparinae, Gallopavoninae, Meleagrididae, Meleagridoidea] CC10
    |--Agriocharis ocellata L81
    |--Parapavo californicus FP64
    `--Meleagris Linnaeus 1758 CC10 [=Galloparus Chenu & des Murs 1854 B94, Gallopavo Brisson 1760 B94]
         |--*M. gallopavo Linnaeus 1758 CC10
         |    |--M. g. gallopavo L81
         |    |--M. g. intermedia L81
         |    |--M. g. merriami L81
         |    |--M. g. mexicana L81
         |    |--M. g. onusta RN72
         |    |--M. g. osceola RN72
         |    `--M. g. silvestris L81
         |--M. cristata Linnaeus 1758 L58
         |--M. leopoldi FP64
         |--M. ocellata ZJM03
         `--M. satyra Linnaeus 1758 L58

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[CC10] Checklist Committee (OSNZ). 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4^th ed. Ornithological Society of New Zealand and Te Papa Press: Wellington.

[FP64] Fisher, J., & R. T. Peterson. 1964. The World of Birds: A comprehensive guide to general ornithology. Macdonald: London.

[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.

[L81] Long, J. L. 1981. Introduced Birds of the World: The worldwide history, distribution and influence of birds introduced to new environments. Reed: Sydney.

[RN72] Rutgers, A., & K. A. Norris (eds) 1972. Encyclopaedia of Aviculture vol. 1. London, Blandford Press.

[ZJM03] Zeffer, A., L. C. Johansson & Å. Marmebro. 2003. Functional correlation between habitat use and leg morphology in birds (Aves). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 79: 461–484.