Wild Turkey (Eastern Wild Turkey)

The Wild Turkey is North America's largest native upland game bird, known for its distinctive bald head, fan-shaped tail, and elaborate courtship displays. This feather exhibits the striking iridescent bronze and copper sheen characteristic of healthy plumage.

Rich iridescent coppery-bronze and brown tones with a subterminal dark band and a pale, buffy-white or gray tip, showing metallic green and bronze sheens depending on the angle of light

Pennaceous at the upper exposed tip providing a firm, weather-resistant surface, transitioning to plumulaceous (fluffy, downy) at the base with disconnected barbs for thermal insulation

Smooth, glossy, and firm at the upper vane with a slightly silky and fluffy texture at the downy base

Rounded tip with a pale subterminal band, rich iridescent bronze-brown coloration, and a distinct fluffy downy base with an afterfeather

Mixed hardwood and pine forests with scattered openings, clearings, and agricultural fields providing mast-producing trees and foraging areas

Widespread across North America, ranging from the wooded regions of southern Canada down through the United States to central Mexico

Serves as an important seed disperser, insect predator, and prey species for large mammalian and avian predators within forest ecosystems

Domestic turkey variants, ruffed grouse, and greater prairie-chicken, though the large size and distinct iridescent bronze coppery tones distinguish the Wild Turkey

Wild Turkeys can run at speeds up to 25 mph and fly in short bursts up to 55 mph, despite their bulky appearance. They were famously proposed by Benjamin Franklin as a candidate for the national bird of the United States.

Good condition, with minor wear along the edge of the vane but overall intact barbs and structural integrity