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EXTINCTMeleagris gallopavo

Pīpīkororō

Turkey

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Turkey; German Truthuhn

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Pīpīkororō (RR MK), Moa Ra‘ora‘o (AK)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised, Extirpated; Land

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: X    Makatea: X
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
X
-
-
X
-
-
-
-
-

Northern Group: -
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
-
-
-
-
-
-

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Scientific Taxonomy

Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus, 1758
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); TETRAPODA; AVES; NEORNITHES; Galliformes; PHASIANIDAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -. Comment: NBSAP - Mauke (1= of 3 domestic animals)
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM05a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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