Reptilia - Galliformes - Phasianidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Notice of some new Tertiary and post-Tertiary birds. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 4(19-24):256-262

Belongs to Meleagris according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Marsh 1872, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Meleagris altus, Meleagris californica, Meleagris crassipes, Meleagris gallopavo, Meleagris leopoldi, Meleagris richmondi, Meleagris superba, Meleagris tridens

Ecology: volant granivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Meleagris celer in the database

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