Profile
In flight
Game Birds
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus
- mythic
- 1659 km/h
- Least Concern
The wild ancestor of every chicken on Earth, still strutting through the bamboo at dawn. His crow carries the original sound that humans first listened for at sunrise.
- Population
- widespread; wild population uncertain due to extensive hybridization with domestic fowl
- Habitat
- tropical and subtropical forest edge, bamboo, secondary scrub, cultivation margins
- Diet
- seeds, fruit, shoots, insects, small invertebrates
- Size
- 0.7 m
- Wingspan
- 0.6 m
