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Ocellated Turkey

Total questions: 69

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the ocellated turkey's diet?

a)

Herbivorous

b)

Omnivorous

c)

Carnivorous

2.

What does the ocellated turkey eat?

a)

Fruit

b)

Insects

c)

Seeds

d)

Vegetables

3.

What is the ocellated turkey's circadian rhythm?

a)

Diurnal

b)

Crepuscular

c)

Nocturnal

d)

Cathemeral

4.

What was thought to have crashed ocellated turkey numbers in a large forest area in Belize?

a)

Chicken-Born Disease

b)

Food Availability

c)

Habitat Loss

d)

Uncontrolled Hunting

5.

Why are ocellated turkeys hunted?

a)

Food

b)

Population Control

c)

Sport

d)

Trade

6.

What is increasing the ocellated turkey's susceptibility to hunting?

a)

Agricultural Conversion

b)

Clear-Cutting

c)

Few Protected Areas

d)

Habitat Fragmentation

7.

What is the ocellated turkey considered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species?

a)

Least Concern

b)

Near Threatened

c)

Vulnerable

d)

Endangered

8.

What is the population trend of the ocellated turkey?

a)

Increasing

b)

Stable

c)

Decreasing

d)

Unknown

9.

What threatens the ocellated turkey?

a)

Exploitation

b)

Food Availability

c)

Habitat Loss

d)

Hunting Pressure

10.

The Tikal National Park is a protected park for ocellated turkeys.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The ocellated turkey has been domesticated.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Ocellated turkeys have been kept in captivity and fattened in order to be eaten.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Ocellated turkeys were valued by the Maya for ceremonial banquets.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What percentage of bones excavated from the palace at Mayapan were ocellated turkey bones?

a)

10%

b)

30%

c)

50%

d)

70%

15.

Ocellated turkeys are commonly bred in captivity.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The ocellated turkey's vocalizations differ from the North American species.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Both male and female ocellated turkeys produce their iconic gobble.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Ocellated turkeys remain still while gobbling.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Ocellated turkeys only inhabit bajos during nesting season.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Ocellated turkeys are more vocal than other species of turkey.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

What sounds do ocellated turkeys make?

a)

Cluck-Putt

b)

Gobble

c)

Huff

d)

Whistle

22.

In which habitats do ocellated turkeys reside?

a)

Forest

b)

Grassland

c)

Savanna

d)

Shrubland

23.

How many eggs does an ocellated turkey lay, on average?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

12

d)

18

24.

How many of an ocellated turkey's eggs will hatch, on average?

a)

1/4

b)

1/3

c)

1/2

d)

1/1

25.

What color are ocellated turkey chicks?

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

Red

d)

Yellow

26.

When do ocellated turkeys nest?

a)

Spring

b)

Summer

c)

Fall

d)

Winter

27.

What preys on ocellated turkeys?

a)

Big Cats

b)

Birds

c)

Raccoons

d)

Snakes

28.

What color is the distinct eye-ring skin of the ocellated turkey?

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

Red

d)

Yellow

29.

How many ocellated turkey hens typically die during a nesting season?

a)

10%

b)

30%

c)

50%

d)

70%

30.

How many ocellated turkey poults survive until their first Fall?

a)

13%

b)

23%

c)

53%

d)

73%

31.

There is little information available regarding the ecology of the ocellated turkey.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

When are ocellated turkeys most hunted?

a)

Spring

b)

Summer

c)

Fall

d)

Winter

33.

What is contributing to the ocellated turkey's habitat loss?

a)

Agricultural Conversion

b)

Clear-Cutting

c)

Dry Season Burning

d)

Logging & Timbering

34.

Why does slash-and-burn agriculture harm the ocellated turkey?

a)

Eroding Earth

b)

Nutrient Depletion

c)

Lack of Food

d)

Thin Soil

35.

What is the strutting display of ocellated turkeys nicknamed?

a)

Dancing

b)

Floating

c)

Marching

d)

Swaying

36.

What behaviors are included in the ocellated turkey's strutting display?

a)

Gobbling

b)

Hen Circling

c)

Tail Wagging & Fanning

d)

Wing Dragging

37.

Ocellated turkeys lack which features of the North American species?

a)

Chest Tuft

b)

Nodules

c)

Tail Feathers

d)

Wattle

38.

What colors are the tips of an ocellated turkey's tail feathers?

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

Grey

d)

Orange

39.

What is the mating system of the ocellated turkey?

a)

Monogamy

b)

Polygyny

c)

Polyandry

d)

Polygynandry

40.

There is correlation of ocellated turkey spur length and age.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

What is the ocellated turkey's Mayan Indian name?

a)

Co-On-Cot-Zitl-Glung

b)

Meleagris Ocellata

c)

Pavo Ocelado

d)

Ucutz Il Chican

42.

What is the ocellated turkey's scientific name?

a)

Meleagris californica

b)

Meleagris crassipes

c)

Meleagris gallopavo

d)

Meleagris ocellata

43.

What is a group of ocellated turkeys called?

a)

Club

b)

Gang

c)

Rafter

d)

Posse

44.

Female ocellated turkeys with spurs have been discovered.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Ocellated turkeys were once thought to be more related with which bird than turkeys?

a)

Bird-of-Paradise

b)

Peafowl

c)

Pheasant

d)

Macaw

46.

Ocellated turkey spurs are shorter and less attenuated than those of North American turkeys.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

What sex of ocellated turkeys has spurs on their legs?

a)

Males

b)

Females

48.

To what continent is the ocellated turkey endemic?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Oceania

49.

In what countries does the ocellated turkey reside?

a)

Belize

b)

Guatemala

c)

Mexico

d)

United States of America

50.

The crown and nodules of the male ocellated turkey enlarge during the breeding season.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

The ocellated turkey's name originates from what feature?

a)

Colorful Feathers

b)

Nodules

c)

Spurs

d)

Tail Spots

52.

Ocellated turkeys inhabit the same range as North American turkeys.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

What is the ocellated turkey's social system?

a)

Social

b)

Solitary

c)

Social Males, Solitary Females

d)

Solitary Males, Social Females

54.

Ocellated turkeys are larger than all other turkeys.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

What system does the ocellated turkey inhabit?

a)

Arboreal

b)

Terrestrial

c)

Aerial/Arboreal

d)

Aquatic

56.

What is the ocellated turkey's form of locomotion?

a)

Aquatic

b)

Terrestrial

c)

Fossorial

d)

Aerial/Arboreal

57.

More is known about the ocellated turkey than any other turkey.

a)

True

b)

False

58.

The ocellated turkey is one of how many extant species of turkey?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

5

59.

What color is the bare skin of the ocellated turkey's head?

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

Red

d)

Yellow

60.

How many ocellated turkeys subspecies are recognized?

a)

0

b)

2

c)

3

d)

5

61.

What color are the ocellated turkey's tail spots?

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

Grey

d)

Orange

62.

It's possible to age ocellated turkeys based on the width of the copper band on their wings.

a)

True

b)

False

63.

Female ocellated turkeys are taller than males.

a)

True

b)

False

64.

Female ocellated turkeys have shorter legs than males.

a)

True

b)

False

65.

Both male and females ocellated turkeys have nodules.

a)

True

b)

False

66.

Female ocellated turkeys have more pronounced nodules than males.

a)

True

b)

False

67.

Which of these are ocellated turkey tracks?

a)
b)
c)
d)
68.

Which of these is an ocellated turkey?

a)
b)
c)
d)
69.

Which of these is an ocellated turkey?

a)
b)
c)
d)

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