Fontem paginae Meleagris (genus) inspicere

{{videdis|Melagris (discretiva)}}
{{Titulus italicus}}
{{Taxobox
| name = ''Meleagris''
| fossil_range      = {{Fossil range|23|0}}<small>[[Miocaenum|Miocaeno]] ineunte – Recens</small>
| image             = Wild turkey eastern us.jpg
| image_caption     = ''[[Meleagris gallopavo]]''
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Aves]]
| ordo = [[Galliformes]]
| superfamilia = [[Phasianoidea]]
| familia = [[Phasianidae]]
| genus = '''''Meleagris'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[1758]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision       = * ''[[Meleagris gallopavo]]''
* ''[[Meleagris ocellata]]''
* †''[[Meleagris californica]]''
}}
[[Fasciculus:Meleagris gallopavo MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.9.30.jpg|thumb|[[Ovum]] ''Meleagris gallopavonis.'' [[MHNT]].]]
[[Fasciculus:Meleagris ocellata1.jpg|thumb|''[[Meleagris ocellata]]'' mas, cui [[caput]] [[caeruleus|caeruleum]] esse solet.]]
'''''Meleagris''''' est [[genus (taxinomia)|genus]] magnarum [[aves|avium]] [[familia (taxinomia)|familiae]] [[Phasianidae|Phasianidarum]], quae in [[America]] [[endemismus|endemica est]]. Generi sunt duae [[species]] exstantes: ''[[Meleagris gallopavo]]'' [[America Septentrionalis|Americae Septentrionalis]] et ''[[Meleagris ocellata]]'' [[Mexicum|Mexici]], [[Beliza]]e, et [[Guatemala]]e. [[Mas|Maribus]] ambarum specierum est distincta [[palea (anatomia)|palea]] corporea, tuber [[ruber|rubrum]] vel [[roseus|roseum]] quod ex summo [[rostrum|rostro]] dependet.<!--Anglice called [[Snood (anatomy)|snood]]--> Inter maximas suarum [[distributio geographica|terrarum]] aves numerantur. [[Mas]], ut in multis [[galliformes|galliformibus]] aliis, [[femina (sexus)|femina]] est maior et clariores [[color]]es exhibet.

Primae meleagres in America Septentrionali abhinc annorum 20 [[millio]]nes [[evolutio|exortae sunt]], et communes maiores recentes cum [[tetraoninae|tetraoninis]], [[phasianidae|phasianinis]], aliisque avibus gallinaceis partiunt.

==Taxinomia==
''Meleagrides'' in familiam [[Phasianidae|Phasianidarum]] ([[phasianinae|phasianinarum]], [[perdicinae|perdicinarum]],  [[gallus|gallorum]], [[tetraoninae|tetraoninarum]], et cognatorum) in [[taxinomia|taxinomico]] [[Galliformes|Galliformium]] [[ordo (taxinomia)|ordine]] digeruntur.<ref>Crowe et al. 2006.</ref> Genus ''Meleagris'' est solum genus in [[subfamilia]] [[Meleagridinae|Meleagridinarum]] exstans, olim familia Meleagrididarum appellata, sed nunc intra familiam [[Phasianidae|Phasianidarum]] subsumpta.

''[[Meleagris californica]],'' inter [[fossile|fossilia]] in [[California]] meridiana inventa, [[exstinctio|exstincta est]].

==Notae==
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==Bibliographia==
*Crowe, Timothy M., Paulette Bloomer, Ettore Randi, Vittorio Lucchini, Rebecca T. Kimball, Edward L. Braun, et Jeffrey G. Groth. [[2006]]. "Supra-generic cladistics of landfowl (Order Galliformes)." ''Acta Zoologica Sinica'' 52 (Supplement): 358–61. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100623123002/http://people.biology.ufl.edu/ebraun/Papers/CBRLKBG06.pdf PDF.]
*Dickson, James G., ed. [[1992]]. ''The wild turkey: biology and management.'' Harrisburgi Pennsylvaniae: Stackpole Books. ISBN 081171859X.
*Schorger, A. W. [[1966]]. ''The wild turkey: its history and domestication.'' Normanniae: University of Oklahoma Press.
*Schrider, Don. [[2013]]. ''Storey's guide to raising turkeys: breeds, care, marketing.'' Ed. tertia. North Adams Massachusettae: Storey Pubishing. ISBN 9781612121505 (hbk.: alk. paper), ISBN 1612121500 (hbk.: alk. paper), ISBN 9781612121499 (pbk.: alk. paper), ISBN 1612121497 (pbk.: alk. paper).

==Nexus externi==
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==Pinacotheca==
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Fasciculus:Meleagris gallopavo displaying at Deer Island Open Space Preserve.jpg|[[Mas]].
Fasciculus: Male north american turkey supersaturated.jpg|Mas.
Fasciculus: Ocellated_Turkey.jpg|''Meleagris ocellata.''
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