Tom jake or hen.

Male turkey beard name. No one can deny that a male turkey called a Tom in full feather is one of the most incredible spectacles you can see on a homestead or in the woods. In my humble opinion a mature Tom is almost as bedazzling as a peacock if you pay attention to the details. Safer hunt if you brush up on basic turkey identification and keep the beard rule foremost in mind.

Threskiornithidae ibises and spoonbills Charadriidae. Instead theyre called toms or since male turkeys are the. The wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo of eastern and central North America and the ocellated turkey Meleagris ocellata of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.

The beards function is not known with certainty but. Female turkeys are called hens just like female chickens. As a general rule jakes will have short beards about 2 to 3 inches in length while the tom turkey beard can be up to 10 inches or more they dont call them longbeards for nothing.

Vent observing method is the most commonly used method for determining turkey gender which began in the 1920s. As male turkeys mature they developed a clump of slender fibrous feathers in the center of their breast which is referred to as a beard or a tassel. Cansel Elcin born September 20 1973 Izmir Turkey - French actor of Turkish origin.

Turkish words for beard include sakal karşı gelmek meydan okumak çapak başak dikeni and püskül. A male turkey is larger than a hen but the sexes can also be differentiated by feather color head color leg spurs and the presence of a beard. NEW TOP ON THE SITE.

Phasianidae pheasants roosters and turkeys Cathartidae condors and vultures Falconidae. Anatidae swans ducks and geese Cuculidae cuckoos and relatives Musophagidae. Rarely a tom will have one primary beard and one or two smaller beards just above it.