The red junglefowl, also known as the Indian red junglefowl, is a species of tropical, galliform bird in the phasianid family, found across much of Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia.
Gallus distribution
Male red junglefowl in Kaeng Krachan, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Female red junglefowl in Kaeng Krachan, Phetchaburi, Thailand
In flight, in Assam, India
Junglefowl are the four extant species of bird from the genus Gallus in the order Galliformes. They occur in parts of South and Southeast Asia. One of the species in this genus, the red junglefowl, is
Red junglefowl
…been restricted to the island of Pulo Condor (Côn Đảo) off the coast of Vietnam. The red junglefowl is now one of the four species placed in the genus Gallus that was introduced in 1760 by Mathurin Jacques Brisson. The word gallus is Latin for a farmyard cockerel. Five subspecies of G. gallus are recognised…
Gallus sonneratii female, crop
Red Junglefowl 9858, crop