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Distribution map of the three wild turkey subspecies in Texas. Map by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Box 1. Pineywoods and Post Oak Savannah Ecoregions. The Pineywoods are bordered on the south by the Gulf Coastal Prairies and Marshes and Post Oak Savannah and extend east and north into Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.
- Wild Turkey In Texas
Of the five subspecies of wild turkeys, only the Eastern,...
- Wild Turkey In Texas
Of the five subspecies of wild turkeys, only the Eastern, Rio Grande and Merriam’s wild turkeys occur in Texas. Notice that Rio Grande and Merriam’s wild turkeys have hybridized in far western Texas.
The key habitat needs to sustain wild turkey populations is well documented in Texas. Useable space should include roosting cover, nesting cover, and brood cover dispersed within large contiguous landscapes of trees, brush, and open areas wild turkeys can easily see and move through.
The Rio Grande wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) has the largest population and the widest range of the three turkey subspecies (Rio Grande, Merriam’s, and Eastern wild turkeys) found in Texas. Unregulated hunting in the 1800s greatly reduced the Rio Grande wild turkey (RGWT) population in Texas to about 100,000 birds by 1920.
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The Wild Turkey is a large gallinaceous bird characterized by strong feet and legs adapted for walking and scratching, short wings adapted for short-rapid flight, a well-developed tail, and a stout beak useful for pecking.
There are three subspecies of wild turkey in Texas—the eastern turkey (Meleagris gallopovo silvestris), Merriam’s Turkey (Meleagris gallopovo merriami) and the Rio Grande turkey (Meleagris gallopovo intermedia).
