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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Habitat: Primarily occurs in ponderosa pine forests with an understory of Gambel oak. Tall pines are used at all seasons for roosting (Hoffman 1968). Eastern plains birds occur in lowland riparian forests and can also be found in other foothill shrublands (mountain mahogany), piņon-juniper woodlands, foothill riparian forests, and in agricultural areas.
Range in Colorado: Fairly common resident in foothills and mesas of southern Colorado, primarily from Montezuma County east to Archuleta County and from Las Animas County east to southwestern Baca County and north to Fremont County. It occurs very locally north to Garfield and Eagle counties, but is rare in foothills of the southeastern San Luis Valley in Costilla County, and from El Paso County north to Larimer County. Garfield, Eagle, and Larimer counties are north of the historic range, and those populations resulted from introductions (Braun et al. 1991).
Status: CDOW Small Game Bird, CDOW WRIS Species
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