Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

ForestPlatform nestLarge · 752 g

Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus), photo 4 — Photo: PampaSorro · CC BY 4.0

Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus), photo 5 — Photo: Derek Duplessis · CC BY 4.0

Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus), photo 6 — Photo: Thorsten Hackbarth · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The species exhibits significant sexual dimorphism. Males are referred to as "roosters", while females are referred to as "hens". Compared with the domestic chicken, the red junglefowl has a much smaller body mass. The roosters are significantly larger than the hens — males weigh around 1.5 kilograms (3.3 lb), while females weigh around 1 kilogram (2.2 lb). The plumage of the male is much brighter in colouration than that of the female, which is a drab colour and more suitable for camouflage. The mantle (neck and back) of the rooster typically has long, golden hackle feathers.

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When to see the Red Junglefowl

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red Junglefowl

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 90 countries with regular records, and 29 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

United States India Singapore Thailand Puerto Rico Malaysia Philippines Nepal Vietnam New Zealand Dominican Republic Cambodia Guadeloupe French Polynesia Northern Mariana Islands Indonesia Australia Palau Bhutan Germany Bangladesh U.S. Virgin Islands China Bahamas Brazil Vanuatu Cayman Islands Caribbean Netherlands Myanmar (Burma) Cuba Cook Islands Montserrat Laos Timor-Leste Colombia France Portugal Argentina Grenada British Virgin Islands Israel St. Kitts & Nevis Samoa St. Lucia Uruguay Guam Réunion Martinique Mexico Equatorial Guinea Fiji Chile American Samoa New Caledonia Trinidad & Tobago Micronesia Tonga St. Vincent & Grenadines Niue Bermuda Isle of Man Turks & Caicos Islands Curaçao Barbados Ecuador Maldives Türkiye Aruba Austria Anguilla Serbia Bolivia St. Martin Italy Romania Haiti Mayotte Hong Kong SAR China Switzerland Tanzania Antigua & Barbuda Madagascar Kenya Hungary Qatar Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands St. Barthélemy Albania Cyprus

Recorded as a rare visitor in Belgium, Spain, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Costa Rica, Morocco, Taiwan, Peru, Venezuela, Czechia, Algeria, South Africa, Honduras, United Arab Emirates, Denmark, Egypt, Panama, Japan, Sri Lanka, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Congo - Kinshasa, Ghana, Mauritius, Jamaica, Kuwait, Pakistan, Wallis & Futuna.

About the Red Junglefowl

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.

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Easily confused with

Grey JunglefowlGallus sonneratiiThe male has a black cape with ochre spots and the body plumage on a grey ground colour is finely patterned.

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.

Side by side: Grey Junglefowl vs Red Junglefowl · Red Junglefowl vs Sri Lanka Junglefowl

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