Wild turkey lifespan and age in human years

Longest recorded 13 years

🏆 The longest-lived wild turkey on record reached 13 years in the wild.

Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). The oldest known individual lived 13 years; this chart maps that record to a human age of 120. Most individuals live considerably shorter lives than the record.

• Reaches adulthood at about 10 months
• Adult weight about 6.05 kg
• Incubation about 28 days
• About 11 eggs at a time