red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) Bird Park Kuala Lumpur
Date 28 September 2009, 02:57
Source Red Junglefowls Gallus gallus
Author Bernard DUPONT https://www.flickr.com/people/65695019@N07 from FRANCE
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Junglefowls_Gallus_gallus_(6970038784).jpg
The red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) is a tropical member of the family Phasianidae. It is the primary progenitor of the domestic chicken (though genetic evidence strongly suggests some past hybridisation with the grey junglefowl as well). The red junglefowl was first domesticated at least five thousand years ago in Asia. Since then it has spread around the world, and the domestic form is kept globally as a very productive food source of both meat and eggs.
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Phasianinae
Genus: Gallus
Species: Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
