Talk:Californian turkey

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Latest comment: 1 month ago2 comments1 person in discussion

"Years later he reclassified it as an intermediate between the Indian peafowl and the ocellated turkey. But it eventually was seen as a close relative of modern extant wild turkeys."

I have not found any source for the second sentence. I do have a source for the first sentence above, but I have never understood how to code citations in Wikipedia. ... Sorry I put the wrong source in the talk page. Here is the right one:

https://ia803104.us.archive.org/15/items/biostor-204669/biostor-204669.pdf

University of California Publications

Bulletin of the Department of Geology

Vol. 9, No. 7, pp. 89-96

March 10, 1916

A Review of the Species Pavo californicus

Miller, Loye Holmes

98.240.217.220 (talk) 00:12, 30 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

I have now found a source to cite for the second sentence above.

A review of the osteology and paleontology of turkeys (Aves: Meleagridinae)

Steadman, David W.

9/15/1980