Overview
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A Family in the Kingdom Animalia.
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Taxonomy
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The Family Meleagrididae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (1): Agriocharis
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in the Family Meleagrididae.
Genera
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Agriocharis
The Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is a species of 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 (6.6 lbs) in females and 5 kg (11 lbs) in males. [more]
More info about the Genus Agriocharis may be found here.
Footnotes
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- ^ Formerly Parapavo californica and initially described as Pavo californica or "California Peacock"
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