The head and neck are blue with patches of red. The Common Turkey, Meleagris galloparo , ranges from Southern Canada to Mexico. The Ocellated Turkey, Agriocharis ocellata , is much rarer and confined to lowland rainforest in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. It is believed that Mexican Indians were the first to domesticate the common turkey. Domestic turkeys are now bred far larger than their wild ancestors, so large in fact that they have trouble mating and breeders are having to develop special techniques to help the heaviest birds pass on their sperm.
Turkeys are polygamous with males displaying to attract several females for mating.
Courtship begins in February and nesting in April. The nest is on the ground and the female builds it on her own, lays 8-15 eggs and incubates them for 28 days. The young are precocial. Turkey's are social animals in the wild and roam around in flocks looking for fallen fruits and seeds. The young remain with their mother until the following spring.