Green junglefowl: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the green junglefowl lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Gallus varius
Group	Pheasants, grouse & game birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Asia
Mass	1.06 kg (male organism, adult weight); 770 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Galliformes
Family	Phasianidae

Where does the green junglefowl live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the green junglefowl in 2 countries and territories across Asia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a green junglefowl?

Wikidata records the following for the green junglefowl: mass 1.06 kg (male organism, adult weight); 770 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the green junglefowl endangered?

The green junglefowl’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the green junglefowl?

The green junglefowl (Gallus varius) is a bird in the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae, genus Gallus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the green junglefowl

The green junglefowl (Gallus varius), also known as Javan junglefowl, forktail or green Javanese junglefowl, is the most distantly related and the first to diverge at least 4 million years ago among the four species of the junglefowl. Hybridization with domestic chicken has also been reported. Green junglefowl is a medium-sized (up to 75 cm long) bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Green junglefowl (revision 1355296852), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q596325 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).