Red Junglefowl

Order - Galliformes
Family - Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Red Junglefowl

Gallus gallus

原鸡 (yuán-jī) / 红原鸡 (hóng yuán-jī)

    Malay : Ayam-Hutan Biasa

    Japanese : セキショクヤケイ (seki-shoku ya-kei)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 赤色野鶏

    Size : Male 65–78 cm, 672–1450 g; Female 41–46 cm, 485–1050 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Gallus gallus murghi (Robinson & Kloss, 1920)
  – Kashmir and N & NE India, adjacent Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
• Gallus gallus spadiceus (Bonnaterre, 1792)
  – extreme N India (E Arunachal Pradesh, E Assam), Myanmar, S China (SW Yunnan), Thailand (except E), Peninsular Malaysia and N Sumatra.
• Gallus gallus jabouillei (Delacour & Kinnear, 1928)
  – S China (SE Yunnan, Guangxi and Hainan I), N Laos and N Vietnam.
• Gallus gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  – E Thailand through Cambodia and C & S Laos to C & S Vietnam.
• Gallus gallus bankiva (Temminck, 1813)
  – S Sumatra, Java and Bali.

Gallus gallus ssp. spadiceus
Date : 21 March 2021

Location : Tepi Hutan (Taman Tasek Permai), Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Gallus gallus ssp. spadiceus
Date : 23 March 2019

Location : Putrajaya Botanical Garden, Precinct 1, Federal Territory of Putrajaya

Gallus gallus ssp. spadiceus
Date : 26 November 2016

Location : Kampung Belangkor, Batu Gajah, Daerah Kinta, Perak