Ben Franklin suggested the turkey. He called it a "noble bird" and felt the eagle was a scavenger. The eagle won the debate.
there isn't a national bird or anything national like that in turkey or any other western countries.
It wasn't a dove, but a turkey and it was Ben Franklin. --- William Barton, who designed the Great Seal, suggested the dove as a national bird at one point as the Third Great Seal Committee was meeting.
It was Ben Franklin that suggested the turkey but he wasn't president
Thomas Edison
He suggested having the Turkey as the national bird because it was more of an "useful" animal, rather than a predator and scavanger like the bald eagle.
Turkey.
Benjamin Franklin signed the Declaration of Independence and wanted the turkey as the national bird.
the turkey
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Attributed to Ben Franklin; apparently false. See link.
The Wild Turkey.