Male © Andres Vasquez Noboa eBird S54274549 Macaulay Library ML 244647481
Female © Ian Davies
Male © Andres Vasquez Noboa
Female © David Irving
Male © Ian Davies
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Female © David Irving
Female © Corey Lange
Male © Andres Vasquez Noboa

Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata

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Identification

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Large, distinctive, spectacular gamebird of tropical forest, brushy fields, and adjacent clearings. Rarely seen away from protected areas, where can be common and tame. Note orange head ‘warts,’ copper-colored wing panel, and iridescent blue-and-gold eyespots (‘ocelli’) on rump and tail tip. Often in groups; feeds on the ground, but roosts in trees. Beware: domestic turkeys are common in the range of Ocellated, but are usually around people.

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