Meleagris superba Cope 1870 (turkey)

Aves - Galliformes - Phasianidae

Alternative combination: Meleagris superbus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part III. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:235-252

Belongs to Meleagris according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Cope 1870, Cope 1871, Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Meleagris altus, Meleagris celer, Meleagris crassipes, Meleagris gallopavo, Meleagris leopoldi, Meleagris richmondi, Meleagris tridens

Ecology: volant granivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Meleagris superba in the database

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