WILD TURKEY

Photographed on King Island, June 2018

(*1204)                     WILD TURKEY                  Meleagris gallopavo

AUSTRALIA               750

Found on farmland, grassland, forest edges. usually small flocks, foraging on ground. Common on King Island and Flinder's Island.

WILD TURKEY

Photographed on North Island, New Zealand, June 2017

1204                     WILD TURKEY                  Meleagris gallopavo 

NEW ZEALAND                 56

Found in farmland, especially where good cover. Male 120 cm, female 90 cm. A North America introduction which is now common across North Island and the north of South Island.