<Ul> <Li> M. gallopavo </Li> <Li> M. ocellata </Li> </Ul> <P> The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, which is native to the Americas . Males of both turkey species have a distinctive fleshy wattle or protuberance that hangs from the top of the beak (called a snood). They are among the largest birds in their ranges . As in many galliformes, the male is larger and much more colorful than the female . </P> <P> Turkeys are classed in the family of Phasianidae (pheasants, partridges, francolins, junglefowl, grouse, and relatives thereof) in the taxonomic order of Galliformes . The genus Meleagris is the only extant genus in the subfamily Meleagridinae, formerly known as the family Meleagrididae, but now subsumed within the family Phasianidae . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Scientific name </Th> <Th> Common Name </Th> <Th> Distribution </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Meleagris gallopavo </Td> <Td> domestic turkey or wild turkey </Td> <Td> forests of North America, from Mexico (where they were first domesticated by the Mayans) throughout the midwest and eastern United States, and into southeastern Canada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Meleagris ocellata </Td> <Td> ocellated turkey </Td> <Td> forests of the Yucatán Peninsula </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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