Ocellated turkey

Description

The body feathers of both sexes are a mixture of bronze and green iridescent color.Although females can be duller with more green,the breast feathers do not generally differ and can not be used to determine sex.Neither sex possesses the beard typically found in wild turkeys.Tail feathers of both sexes are bluish-grey with an eye-shaped,blue-bronze spot near the end with a bright gold tip.The spots,or ocelli (located on the tail),for which the ocellated turkey is named,have been likened to the patterning typically found on peafowl.The upper,major secondary wing coverts are rich iridescent copper.The primary and secondary wing feathers have similar barring to that of North American turkeys,but the secondaries have more white,especially around the edges.