junglefowl in English

noun
1
a southern Asian game bird related to the domestic fowl, typically frequenting forested country.

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1. The red junglefowl of Southeast Asia is the wild ancestor of the domesticated chicken, the most important bird in agriculture.

2. The modern chicken is descended primarily from the Red Junglefowl, and partially from three other closely related species, all native to India and Southeast Asia.

3. Like the red junglefowl (the closest wild relative of domestic chickens), wild cocks will take flight and roost in tall trees and bushes in order to avoid predators at night.

4. They are one of the more striking New Heritage breeds, resembling grey junglefowl in carriage and voice with the bearing and production traits of the old heritage breed the Black Java.

5. Many domesticated birds, such as the domestic chicken and domestic duck, have lost the ability to fly for extended periods, although their ancestral species, the red junglefowl and mallard, respectively, are capable of extended flight.

6. The Birddom is also very rich in this park you can see species like vultures, warblers, wood shrikes, white-browed fantail, white-breasted kingfisher, white-eyed buzzard, Tickell’s blue flycatcher, steppe eagle, red-wattled lapwing, red junglefowl, Indian peafowl, mynas, paradise, flycatchers, pigeons, woodpeckers, Malabar pied hornbill