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Kinda Confused: Shasta County turkey & California Turkey

Started by Sir-diealot, October 04, 2019, 10:44:40 AM

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Sir-diealot

I was talking with someone over on Facebook and somebody else brought up Shasta County turkey & California Turkey as species of wild turkey. I have never heard of them. Are these a subspecies of one of the normal 6 we would think of? (Eastern, Gould's, Osceola, Rio Grande, Merriam's and Ocellated) or something not recognized as a wild turkey like maybe a hybrid?
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Rapscallion Vermilion

He is referring to long-extinct species of wild turkeys.  Mealagris californica is well established and documented from fossil records. The Shasta County species or subspecies is not.

Sir-diealot

Quote from: Rapscallion Vermilion on October 04, 2019, 03:51:12 PM
He is referring to long-extinct species of wild turkeys.  Mealagris californica is well established and documented from fossil records. The Shasta County species or subspecies is not.
Okay, thanks for clearing that up, I was wondering if it was something like that.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. Arnold Schwarzenegger

John Koenig:
"It's better to live as your own man, than as a fool in someone else's dream."

NCL

On a side note to this topic, several years ago I read that there was a moved to eliminate turkeys in California because they were non-native. Due to the fossil remains mentioned in Rapscallion Vermilion response it was established that turkeys were native to California.

Will

Shocker that California would make a move to do something stupid.

NCL

It was actually that Federal Government that wanted them removed from parks.