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Red Junglefowl

Gallus gallus

The Red Junglefowl is a colorful bird that is the ancestor of domestic chickens. They have bright red and orange feathers and love to scratch the ground for seeds and insects.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Red Junglefowl is a vibrant bird with iridescent greenish-black tail feathers and a striking red comb and wattle, especially prominent on males. Males display shiny dark green and coppery-orange plumage, while females are duller brown for camouflage, making them blend into the forest.

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Red Junglefowl
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Red Junglefowl

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

All domestic chickens around the world are descended from the Red Junglefowl!

Junglefowl chicks can run and forage for food almost immediately after hatching!

Males perform a special "tidbitting" dance to show females tasty food.

They use different alarm calls to warn about ground predators versus aerial threats.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Forest Camouflage

Red Junglefowl has dull, mottled brown plumage on females that helps them blend seamlessly into the forest undergrowth, hiding from predators.

Fähigkeit

Explosive Flight

Red Junglefowl can burst into short, powerful flights to rapidly escape danger, making them hard to catch in dense vegetation.

Fähigkeit

Keen Ground Foragers

Red Junglefowl can expertly scratch and peck through leaf litter to uncover hidden seeds, insects, and fruits from the forest floor.

Maße und Details

Länge
42-75 cm
Flügelspannweite
40-60 cm
Gewicht
0.7-1.5 kg
Lebenserwartung
5-8 Jahre
Top Speed
48 km/h
Gelegegröße
5-9
Brutzeit
19-21 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These forest birds scratch for a variety of seeds, fruits, insects, and small creatures to eat.

Hauptnahrung

  • Seeds
  • Fruits
  • Berries
  • Insects
  • Worms
  • Small reptiles

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Changeable Hawk-Eagle

Nisaetus cirrhatus

Predatory birds often hunt junglefowl from above.

eaten by

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Big cats are skilled at ambushing junglefowl.

eaten by

King Cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

Large snakes can ambush junglefowl nests or adults.

eats

Termite

Odontotermes obesus

Junglefowl scratch for and consume termites.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

JunglefowlWild Chicken

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Watch from a distance and don't try to catch them; they can be scared easily.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Red Junglefowl?

42-75 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Red Junglefowl?

40-60 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Red Junglefowl?

0.7-1.5 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Red Junglefowl?

5-8 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Red Junglefowl?

48 km/h

Was frisst Red Junglefowl?

These forest birds scratch for a variety of seeds, fruits, insects, and small creatures to eat.

Wo findet man Red Junglefowl normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Red Junglefowl?

Foraging

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