Eastern Wild Turkey

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Eastern Wild Turkey
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Meleagris
Species: M. gallopavo
Subspecies: M. g. silvestris
Trinomial name
Meleagris gallopavo silvestris

The Eastern Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) is a subspecies of Wild Turkey, found predominantly in the Eastern United States.