Biology:Meleagridinae
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Short description: Subfamily of birds
| Meleagridinae | |
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| Wild turkey | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Subfamily: | Meleagridinae |
| Genera | |
Meleagridinae is a North American subfamily of birds in the family Phasianidae. It includes turkeys and their extinct relatives.
Systematics
- Genus Meleagris
- Wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Domesticated turkey
- Ocellated turkey Meleagris ocellata
- Californian turkey Meleagris californica †[1][2]
- Meleagris crassipes †[3]
- Wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Genus Proagriocharis †
- Genus Rhegminornis †
Notes
- ↑ Note: extinct species, late Pleistocene and early Holocene.
- ↑ California Department of Fish and Game. Wild Turkey Guide 2005 .
- ↑ Note: extinct species, late Pleistocene.
- ↑ Note: extinct species, late Miocene and early Pliocene.
- ↑ Larry D. Martin; James Tate, Jr. (1970). "A new turkey from the Pliocene of Nebraska"
- ↑ Note: extinct species, early Miocene.
- ↑ Storrs L. Olson; John Farrand, Jr. (1974). "Rhegminornis restudies: a tiny Miocene turkey"
- ↑ https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id469956/
References
- Storrs L. Olson & John Farrand, Jr. (1974). "Rhegminornis restudies: a tiny Miocene turkey". The Wilson Bulletin 86 (2): 114–120. http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/1762/3/VZ_49_Rhegminornis.pdf.
- Larry D. Martin; James Tate, Jr. (1970). "A new turkey from the Pliocene of Nebraska". The Wilson Bulletin 82 (2): 214–218. http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v082n02/p0214-p0218.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1241572 entry
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