Publisher's Synopsis
Races of the not unusual turkey located these days in Mexico and in the southeastern and southwestern United States fluctuate barely in feather markings and in rump colour, but all are essentially dark, with iridescent bronze and inexperienced plumage. Adult males have a naked, heavily carunculated (bumpy) head that is typically vibrant red in colour but turns to white overlaid with vivid blue whilst the birds are excited. Other distinguishing functions of the not unusual turkey are an extended pink fleshy decoration (referred to as a snood) that grows from the forehead over the invoice; a fleshy wattle growing from the throat; a tuft of coarse, black, hairlike feathers (referred to as a beard) projecting from the breast; and extra or less prominent leg spurs. The male turkey, or gobbler, or tom, may be 130 cm (50 inches) lengthy and weigh 10 kg (22 kilos), although average weight is less. Female turkeys, or hens, generally weigh best half as a great deal as the men and have less warty heads than do the adult males. Domesticated lines of the commonplace turkey, evolved for their excellent-tasting flesh, may be a great deal heavier.
