Artist W. L. Walton (active 1834-1855, VIAF 83582159)
Title Wild Turkey (Meleagris Gallopavo)
Date 1866
Source/Photographer
Image extracted from page 10 of The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, or notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, and Fish of that Country ... Illustrated with coloured plates and woodcuts, by KING, William Ross. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied from Flickr.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_Turkey_-_Sportsman_and_Naturalist_in_Canada.jpeg

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.