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How and where did domesticated turkeys originate?

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Domestic turkeys come from the Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), a species that is native only to the Americas. In the 1500s, Spanish traders brought some that had been domesticated by indigenous Americans to Europe and Asia. read more

Wild turkeys are native to the Americas, the name Turkey was used because the early Europeans who first encountered them mistakenly assumed they were the same species as the Guinea fowl which was also called the Turkey Fowl. read more

The domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is a large fowl, one of the two species in the genus Meleagris and the same as the wild turkey. Although turkey domestication was thought to have occurred in central Mesoamerica at least 2,000 years ago, recent research suggests a possible second domestication event in the Southwestern United States between 200 BC and AD 500. read more

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