About the Grey Junglefowl
The grey junglefowl, also known as Sonnerat's junglefowl, is one of the wild ancestors of the domestic chicken together with the red junglefowl and other junglefowls.
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The male has a black cape with ochre spots and the body plumage on a grey ground colour is finely patterned. The elongated neck feathers are dark and end in a small, hard, yellowish plate; this peculiar structure making them popular for making high-grade artificial flies. The male has red wattles and combs but not as strongly developed as in the red junglefowl. Legs of males are red and have spurs while the yellow legs of females usually lack spurs. The central tail feathers are long and sickle shaped.
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What the Grey Junglefowl sounds like
Where the Grey Junglefowl lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in United Kingdom.
When to see the Grey Junglefowl
Peak activity in February · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Sri Lanka JunglefowlGallus lafayettiiAs with other junglefowl, the Sri Lankan junglefowl is strongly sexually dimorphic; the male is much larger than the female, with more vivid plumage and a highly exaggerated wattle and comb.
Green JunglefowlGallus variusThe colouration of the green junglefowl is sexually dimorphic.
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusThe species exhibits significant sexual dimorphism.
Side by side: Grey Junglefowl vs Red Junglefowl
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