Red junglefowl: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the red junglefowl lives – recorded in 46 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Gallus gallus
Group	Pheasants, grouse & game birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	46 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Mass	844 g (male organism, adult weight); 500 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Galliformes
Family	Phasianidae

Where does the red junglefowl live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the red junglefowl in 46 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa. In Australia, Belgium, Bhutan, Colombia, Germany, France, Indonesia, Cayman Islands, Netherlands, Nepal, French Polynesia, Palau, Vanuatu it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

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 red junglefowl?

Wikidata records the following for the red junglefowl: mass 844 g (male organism, adult weight); 500 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the red junglefowl endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the red junglefowl?

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

About the red junglefowl

The red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), also known as the Indian red junglefowl (and formerly the bankiva or bankiva-fowl), is a species of tropical, galliform bird in the phasianid family, found across much of Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia.

The red junglefowl was the primary species to give rise to today's many breeds of chicken (G. g. domesticus). Lesser contributions came from the grey junglefowl (G. sonneratii), Sri Lankan junglefowl (G. lafayettii) and the Javanese green junglefowl (G. varius). Whole genome sequencing has revealed that the chicken was first domesticated from red junglefowl ca. 8,000 years ago, with this domestication event involving multiple maternal origins.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Red junglefowl (revision 1381007147), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q184774 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).