Kalkun

Meleagris gallopavoWild TurkeyUdenlandsk fugl

Kalkun — © Judy Gallagher · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist

Om fuglen

The wild turkey is an upland game bird native to North America, one of two extant species of turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes. It is the ancestor to the domestic turkey, which was originally derived from a southern Mexican subspecies of wild turkey.

Tekst fra engelsk Wikipedia (artiklen «Wild turkey»), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fjerdragt

Fotos hvor iNaturalist-brugerne har markeret køn eller alder.

Han

Kalkun, han — no rights reserved · CC0 · iNaturalist · Southcrest, London, ON, CA, 2023-04-30

Kalkun, han — no rights reserved · CC0 · iNaturalist · Woodridge Ct, Salinas, CA, US, 2023-10-29

Kalkun, han — © Dan Vickers · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist · 27WP+66F, Rye, NH, USA, 2023-05-30

Hun

Kalkun, hun — © Zac Justus · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist · Sugarcreek Township, OH, USA, 2025-07-22

Kalkun, hun — © DiegoH · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist · Cochise County, AZ, USA, 2025-07-01

Kalkun, hun — no rights reserved · CC0 · iNaturalist · Fort Washington, MD, USA, 2020-01-02

Ungfugl

Kalkun, ungfugl — © Laura Mae · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist · Chesapeake, VA, USA, 2016-07-06

Kalkun, ungfugl — © Cody Stricker · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist · Comal County, TX, USA, 2023-06-09

Kalkun, ungfugl — © Sandra Keller · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist · Wenonah, NJ 08090, USA, 2022-06-03

Hvornår ses den i Danmark?

Den ses især i Danmark i november.

Baseret på 43 registrerede fund i Danmark.

Data: GBIF.org – registrerede fund fra bl.a. naturdatabaser og citizen science. Antallet afspejler også, hvornår folk er ude og kigge.

Hvor findes den?

Fund i Danmark

Fund i hele verden (2.756.878 i alt)

Lande med flest registrerede fund

USA2.451.176
Canada291.406
New Zealand6.762
Mexico2.821
Australien832
Ny Kaledonien285
Nederlandene225
Cuba207

Kort: fund fra GBIF.org. Baggrundskort © OpenStreetMap-bidragydere, © OpenMapTiles.

Kilder

Wikipedia: Wild turkey
iNaturalist: Meleagris gallopavo (206.020 observationer)
GBIF: Meleagris gallopavo
Wikidata: Q26844

Data hentet 13. november 2026. Se også om kilder og licenser.