The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, native to North America. There are two extant turkey species, the wild turkey of eastern and central North America and the ocellated turkey of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Males of both turkey species have a distinctive fleshy wattle, called a snood, that hangs from the top of the beak. They are among the largest birds in their ranges. As with many large ground-feeding birds , the male is bigger and much more colorful than the female.
