Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), nest and 10 eggs, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Date 21 May 2010
Author D. Gordon E. Robertson https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dger
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_Turkey_nest_and_eggs.jpg

The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an upland ground bird native to North America and is the heaviest member of the diverse Galliformes. It is the same species as the domestic turkey, which was originally derived from a southern Mexican subspecies of wild turkey.