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Wild turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
species of Phasianidae


© Jörg Schlusen

country allocations

extant

Australia (introduced) · Canada · Mexico · New Zealand (introduced) · United States of America ·
source: IUCN 2025. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1 <www.iucnredlist.org>
assessment data: |

Chicken, grouse and turkeys

subspecies

  • M. g. silvestris

conservation status

  • CITES
    not listed
  • Regulation (EG) Nr. 865/2006
    not listed
  • German Federal Nature Conservation Act §44
    protected
  • listed in hunting law