Joel Sartoreのインスタグラム(joelsartore) - 11月24日 02時09分

Happy Thanksgiving from this gorgeous male ocellated turkey! These turkeys are clearly much more colorful than others of their kind, boasting a bright blue face and iridescent feathers. Though males are slightly brighter than females, both sexes are stunningly colored with distinctive eyespots on the end of their tailfeathers. These birds are found in the Yucatán Peninsula and have a very generalist diet, feeding on anything from plant matter to insects. Their chicks are highly energetic and feed mainly on insects for the first month of life.
These turkeys are currently listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List due to over-hunting, especially during breeding season since they prefer open areas for their courtship displays, making them easy targets. Sadly, when females are killed at this time, the survival rate of their chicks drops drastically, hindering the continuation of the species even further.
Photographed at @dallas_world_aquarium.
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