USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Domestic turkeys come from the Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), a species that is native only to the Americas. In the 1500s, Spanish traders brought some that had been domesticated by indigenous Americans to Europe and Asia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Farmyard turkeys were domesticated from a species called the Wild Turkey, native to the eastern and southwestern states and parts of Mexico. It’s likely that the Mayans of southern Mexico were the first to domesticate turkeys, maybe 2000 years ago.

Detailed explanation-3: -All of our modern-day domestic turkeys originate from the tamed Aztec birds from southern Mexico. And the wild progenitor of these birds was the sixth “South Mexican” subspecies. Anasazi-bred domestic turkeys from the Four Corners region had their roots in the Eastern and Rio Grande subspecies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Turkey is another poultry bird (like the ostrich and the emu) which is not native to India but is imported and bred here. The name turkey is derived from the fact that ages back Turkish merchants exported these birds from Madagascar to Europe.

Detailed explanation-5: -Wild turkeys were probably first domesticated by native Mexicans. Spaniards brought tame Mexican turkeys to Europe in 1519, and they reached England by 1524. The Pilgrims actually brought several turkeys to America on the voyage in 1620. Several varieties of turkeys live in America.