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Ocellated Turkey

Meleagris ocellata

Description:

Far less well known than the North American Wild Turkey, the beautiful Ocellated Turkey is endemic to the Yucatan Peninsula and is one of the world's most beautiful and unusual birds!

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12 Comments

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 7 years ago

Very nice. We saw them a few years back at Tikal.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 7 years ago

Congrats Adam! Great spotting.

Beautiful spotting Adam,congrats on nthe SOTD and thanks for sharing

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 7 years ago

Congratulations Adam, this beautiful Ocellated Turkey is our Spotting of the Day!

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Wonderful Spotting! And thank you Adam for sharing.

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 10 years ago

Amazing !!

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Gorgeous!

DianePlatcoBrooks
DianePlatcoBrooks 11 years ago

And I thought that our native turkey had beautiful colors. Incredible !

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

You're good Adam!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Too pretty to think about eating him!

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Look at his colours! Amazing :)

Savas
Savas 11 years ago

neden turkıye denınce yıllardır hındı ıle anılıyoruz buna bır anlam veremıyorum ?

AdamRiley
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AdamRiley

Petén, Guatemala

Spotted on Nov 15, 2012
Submitted on Dec 15, 2012

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