In the Reserve, 13 species cataloged at risk are distributed by NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010. Of these, 11 are subject to special protection (for example Buteogallus anthracinus, Eupsittula nana, Vireo pallens, Passerina ciris, among others) and 2 threatened (Meleagris ocellata and Geranospiza caerulescens). Meleagris ocellata, Zenaida asiatica, E. nana, Amazona albifrons and Amazona xantholora are considered within the list of species and priority populations for conservation. Nine species are considered endemic to Mexico (eg Colinus nigrogularis, Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus, Melanerpes pygmaeus, Amazona xantholora, among others).
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As with many galliformes, the male is larger and much more colorful than the female. Male ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) with blue head. The earliest turkeys evolved in North America over 20 million years ago, and they share a recent common ancestor with grouse, pheasants, and other fowl.
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This species is capable of tackling healthy prey weighing up to at least four times its own weight. These include the aforementioned great curassow and the ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata), of which the ornate hawk-eagle is capable of taking adults weighing or more.Baur, E. H. (2008). Structure of a lowland neotropical galliform bird guild (Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida).
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These spurs are much longer and thinner than on North American turkeys. An ocellated turkey, (Meleagris ocellata) walking in a Yucatán resort. Ocellated turkeys are much smaller than any of the subspecies of North American wild turkey, with adult hens weighing about before laying eggs and 3 kg (6–7 pounds) the rest of the year, and adult males weighing about during breeding season.Maurice & Robert Burton (2002).
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It may also be used to represent Cozcacuauhtli, the thirteenth day of the month in the Aztec calendar (13 Reed). An ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) was also considered to be the bird depicted, but the hooked bill and wattle point to the raptor. The bird's blood and feathers were also used to cure diseases. The king vulture is also a popular subject on the stamps of the countries within its range.
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Their feathers are well defined with broad, square ends, giving the bird the appearance of being covered in scales. Males have a “beard” of coarse black bristles hanging from the center of their upper breasts and tend to have more vibrantly colored plumage than do females. They breed in the spring and their typical clutch size is between 10 and 12 eggs. The ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata), a different species of turkey, currently exists only in a portion of the Yucatán peninsula.
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The ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is a species of turkey residing primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, as well as in parts of Belize and Guatemala. A relative of the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), it was sometimes previously treated in a genus of its own (Agriocharis), but the differences between the two turkeys are currently considered too small to justify generic segregation. It is a relatively large bird, at around long and an average weight of in females and in males. The ocellated turkey lives only in a range in the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico—which includes all or part the states of Quintana Roo, Campeche, Yucatán, Tabasco, and Chiapas—as well as the northern and western parts of Belize and northern Guatemala.
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