Sentences with phrase «gallopavo birds»

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One established center of turkey domestication was central Mexico, where the bones of Meleagris gallopavo — ancestors of the turkeys we eat today — have been found from as early as about 800 B.C.E. alongside ancient turkey pens and fossilized poop containing traces of corn, suggesting the birds were kept and fed.

While there are many different breeds of turkeys, most of them belong to the same genus and species of bird, namely Meleagris gallopavo.