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Meleagris gallopavo, Linnaeus, 1758

Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Stockholm: Laurentius Salvius : 156-157

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scientific name

 Meleagris gallopavo
status

spec. nov.

Meleagris gallopavo [ spec. nov.]

M. capite caruncula frontali, cristaque gulari, maris pectore barbato.

Meleagris. Fn. svec. 164.

Gallo-pavo sylvestris novae angliae. Raj. av. 51. Alb. av. 3. p. 33. t. 35.

Gallopavo. Gesn. av. 482. Aldr. orn. l. 13. c. 4. Bell. av. 60. a. Jonst. av. 58. t. 24. Will. orn. 113. t. 27. Raj. av. 51.

Gallopavo cristatus. Alb. av. 2. p. 30. t. 33.

Habitat in America septentrionali.

Mas exaestuat inflato pectore, expansa cauda, sanguinea facie, relaxata frontis caruncula: irae tenax; Sapida caro. Rectrices XVIII. Barba pectoris tertio anno excrescit.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Galliformes

Family

Phasianidae

Genus

Meleagris

Specimens