Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Jon T. McRoberts, Terrell D. Rich, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, and Marîa del Coro Arizmendi
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 4, 2012
Text last updated May 4, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Poukalkoen |
| Catalan | gall dindi ocel·lat |
| Czech | krocan paví |
| Dutch | Pauwkalkoen |
| English | Ocellated Turkey |
| English (United States) | Ocellated Turkey |
| Finnish | jukataninkalkkuna |
| French | Dindon ocellé |
| French (France) | Dindon ocellé |
| German | Pfauentruthuhn |
| Icelandic | Pákalkúni |
| Japanese | ヒョウモンシチメンチョウ |
| Norwegian | flekkalkun |
| Polish | indyk pawi |
| Russian | Глазчатая индейка |
| Serbian | Jukatanska ćurka |
| Slovak | morka lesklá |
| Spanish | Guajolote Ocelado |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Guajolote Ocelado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Guajolote ocelado |
| Swedish | arguskalkon |
| Turkish | Aynalı Hindi |
| Ukrainian | Індик малий |
Meleagris ocellata Cuvier, 1820
PROTONYM:
Meleagris ocellata
Cuvier, 1820. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 6, p.1-4 pl.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Gulf of Honduras.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELEAGRIS
- meleagris
- ocellata / ocellatum / ocellatus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Ocellated Turkey
