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An Ocellated Turkey walking across a gravel track, bill open, bronze and green feathers catching the light
Species

Ocellated Turkey

Guajolote Ocelado
Meleagris ocellata
Family
Phasianidae
Conservation status (IUCN)
Near Threatened
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01Field notes

Lives only on the Yucatán Peninsula and in neighbouring Belize and Guatemala. It feeds in forest clearings and roosts high in trees; where it isn't hunted it can be surprisingly tame.

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