Six subspecies are recognised:

Description

An adult male (tom or gobbler) normally weighs from 5 to 11 kg and measures 100 - 125 cm in length. The adult female (hen) is typically much smaller at 2.5 - 5.4 kg and is 76 to 95 cm long. Per two large studies, the average weight of adult males is 7.6 kg and the average weight of adult females is 4.26 kg. The record-sized adult male wild turkey, according to the National Wild Turkey Federation,

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