SRI LANKA JUNGLEFOWL

Photographed March 2017

1061                        SRI LANKA JUNGLEFOWL                   Gallus  lafayetii

SRI LANKA                 31

Endemic. Found in forests and dense scrub. M 66-72.5 cm; F 35 cm. Fairly common from lowlands to high hills.

GREEN JUNGLEFOWL

Photographed on Cocos Islands, December 2016

(see    844)             GREEN JUNGLEFOWL            Gallus varius

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)              (658)

Introduced to the Cocos Islands where they are now thriving.

RED JUNGLEFOWL

Photographed in Singapore (Pasir Ris Park) November 2016

(see    333)                  RED JUNGLEFOWL              Gallus gallus

SINGAPORE (Pasir Ris Park)              (61)

Found in secondary forests, forest edges, scrub and old plantations. Male: 78 cm, female: 43 cm. Distribution: much of Indian sub-continent, S China and mainland Southeast Asia, east to Sumatra, Java, Philippines.; widely introduced.

GREEN JUNGLEFOWL

Photographed in the National Park, north-west Bali October 2016 

(844)              GREEN JUNGLEFOWL                  Gallus varius 

INDONESIA (Bali)         (61)        

Found along forest edges, in drought deciduous woodlands and savanna; often observed near the coast, as well as inland to 2,000 m. Males 70 cm; females 40 cm. Indonesian endemic: widespread and fairly common resident throughout Java, Bali. Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Alor, Sumba and some smaller adjacent islands.

ORANGE-FOOTED SCRUBFOWL

Photographed at Kingfisher Park, Julatten, Queensland September 2015

 660         ORANGE-FOOTED SCRUBFOWL               Megapodius reinwardt

Australia        ( 502)

Found mostly in lowland rainforests, beach and vine scrubs. 40-50 cm. Range: n. Aust. and islands; from nw Kimberley (WA), to e. Arnham Land and Groote Island (NT); in Q, from MitchellR., w. Cape York Pen. and islands in Torres Strait, s. on e coast to near Byfield. Common; sedentary.  

RED JUNGLEFOWL

333              RED JUNGLEFOWL              Gallus gallus

Nepal           (10)

Known locally in the Philippines as Labuyo. Range from Tamil Nadu, South India east across southern China and into Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia. Thought to be ancestor of domestic chicken.