Turkeys are large but resemble other pheasants with elaborate upper tail coverts and bare skin on the head and neck. Order Gruiformes . Cranes and Rails. Plumage black to browns, often streaked. Toes unwebbed, lobed in coots.
Many species are nocturnal.
Mainly aquatic or marshy habitats, some are grassland or forest birds. Several island species are flightless. Worldwide, including oceanic islands, where several are now flightless. Large rail-like bird, long decurved bill, streaked brown plumage, with skeletal and plumage characters like cranes. Order Charadriiformes .