Grey junglefowl: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the grey junglefowl lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Gallus sonneratii
Group	Pheasants, grouse & game birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Mass	965 g (male organism, adult weight); 750 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Galliformes
Family	Phasianidae

Where does the grey junglefowl live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the grey junglefowl in 1 country or territory across Asia. Wikidata lists it as endemic to India.

India

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 grey junglefowl?

Wikidata records the following for the grey junglefowl: mass 965 g (male organism, adult weight); 750 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the grey junglefowl endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the grey junglefowl?

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

About the grey junglefowl

The grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii), also known as Sonnerat's junglefowl, is one of the wild ancestors of the domestic chicken together with the red junglefowl and other junglefowls.

The species epithet commemorates the French explorer Pierre Sonnerat. Local names include Komri in Rajasthan, Geera kur or Parda komri in Gondi, Jangli Murghi in Hindi, Raan kombdi in Marathi, Kattu Kozhi in Tamil and Malayalam, Kaadu koli in Kannada and Tella adavi kodi in Telugu.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Grey junglefowl (revision 1343872060), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q304434 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).