Wild Turkey

Male Wild Turkey in display.

NPS Photo / Rachel Ames

Size: 37-46”
Description: Dark brown overall with a bronze-green iridescence, white barring on the wings, and white to rusty-tipped rump and tail feathers. The head and neck are bare and are red to blue to gray in color.
Migratory Status: Year-round residents of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Habitat: Live in ponderosa pine and other coniferous forests with a shrubby understory to 8,000 feet.
Diet: Forage on the ground and eat mostly plant matter, nuts and seeds.

 

• Wild Turkey (gobble)

  
  

  Wild Turkey gobble from a male recorded at the Alluvial Fan in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Wild Turkey (gobble)

  
  

  Wild Turkey gobble from a male recorded at the Alluvial Fan in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020