Ocellated turkey  (Meleagris ocellata)

Range

The ocellated turkey’s range extends over 50,000 miles in Central America, and includes south-east Mexico (Yucatán peninsula), north Guatemala (north Petén) and north-west and west-central Belize (4) (5).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

This bird most commonly occurs in tropical deciduous and lowland evergreen forests and clearings such as abandoned farm plots (4). Although found in non-flooded mature forest during much of the year, this turkey is also found in seasonally flooded habitat and open areas, which are especially important during the breeding season (5).

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