Tom And Friend

Florida is home to two of the five wild turkey subspecies in the United States, with the Osceola turkey named after the famed Seminole chief (also known as the Florida wild Turkey species) found in peninsular Florida, being the smallest of the five. While similar in appearance to the eastern subspecies that inhabits the rest of the eastern seaboard and northern Florida, the Osceola turkeys are usually smaller and darker in color.

 

The flight feathers of the wings have less white barring, with the white bars being narrower and irregular and black bars dominating their wing feathers. Osceola turkeys also have more iridescent green and red hints in the feathers than the eastern subspecies found in northern Florida and the east coast of the U.S. Those darker colors and longer legs of the Osceola turkey make them better adapted to survive in Florida’s varied habitats. While the differences between the Osceola Turkey and Eastern Turkey are subtle, the Osceola is one more animal that makes Florida a special place.

 

I found this "Tom" (Adult Male), along with a juvenile turkey, and about 20 others, in the pasture just off of Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida.

 

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