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 The
Symbol of America’s Early History
Long a symbol of America’s
early history, the wild turkey all but disappeared from the
landscape in the early 20th Century, as decades of overhunting and
habitat destruction took their toll. By some estimates, the nation’s
entire turkey population was down to 30,000 by the 1930s. But the
turkey began to make a comeback in mid-century, as wildlife
officials began capturing small groups of turkeys in the wild and
releasing them in habitats where they had vanished decades earlier.
According to the National Wild Turkey Federation, there are an
estimated 6.4 million turkeys in the country today.
And state officials say there are around 100,000 wild turkeys living
in Florida.(1) Florida is home to
the Florida wild turkey and the eastern wild turkey. The Florida
wild turkey is found only in the peninsular of Florida. North of the
peninsula it intergrades with the eastern subspecies. The Florida
wild turkey is best distinguished from the eastern subspecies, which
it closely resembles, by its darker wing feathers. The white bars on
the primary wing feathers are narrower than the black bars and are
irregular or broken.
Eastern & Osceola
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(1)
http://news.ufl.edu/2003/11/20/turkeyrevive/
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