The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Eumeleagris
(Phasianidae; syn. Meleagris † Ocellated Turkey M. ocellata) Gr. ευ eu fine; genus Meleagris Linnaeus, 1758, turkey; "M. ocellatus is the very beautiful Turkey of Central America, especially Yucatan and Honduras, smaller than ours, but much more richly iridescent and eyed on some of the plumage like a Peacock; there is no bristly beard on the breast; the excrescences on the head are peculiar; the spurs of the ♂ are long and sharp, like gaffs. Its characters entitle it to recognition as a subgenus at least, if not a full genus, which may be named Eumeleagris" (Coues 1903); "Eumeleagris Coues, 1903, Key North American Birds, 5th ed., II, p. 727. Type, by monotypy, M. ocellatus, i.e. Meleagris ocellata Cuvier, 1820." (JAJ 2021).
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