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Junglefowl are the only four
living species of bird from the
genus Gallus in the bird
order Galliformes, and
occur in
parts of
South and
Southeast Asia...
- The red
junglefowl (Gallus gallus), also
known as the
Indian red
junglefowl (and
formerly the
bankiva or bankiva-fowl), is a
species of tropical, predominantly...
- Sri
Lankan junglefowl (Gallus
lafayettii sometimes spelled Gallus lafayetii), also
known as the
Ceylon junglefowl or Lafayette's
junglefowl, is a member...
- domesticus) is a
large and
round short-winged bird,
domesticated from the red
junglefowl of
Southeast Asia
around 8,000
years ago. Most
chickens are
raised for...
- The
green junglefowl (Gallus varius), also
known as
Javan junglefowl,
forktail or
green Javanese junglefowl, is the most
distantly related and the first...
- The gray
junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii), also
known as Sonnerat's
junglefowl, is one of the wild
ancestors of the
domestic chicken together with the red...
- heavy, ground-living birds,
which includes pheasants, grouse, partridges,
junglefowl, chickens, turkeys, Old
World quail, and peafowl. The
family includes...
- from the wild red
junglefowl of Asia, with some
additional input from grey
junglefowl, Sri
Lankan junglefowl, and
green junglefowl.
Genomic studies estimate...
- some
species are
closer to the pheasants,
while others are
closer to the
junglefowl.
Partridges are medium-sized game birds,
generally intermediate in size...
-
chickens (Gallus domesticus) who have
returned to the wild. Like the red
junglefowl (the
closest wild
relative of
domestic chickens),
feral chickens will...
