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  Birds » Wild Birds » Chicken - Red Jungle Fowl Main Page
The female Red Jungle Fowl is substantially smaller (one and a half feet long with a weight of about one to one and a half pounds) than the male (about two and a half feet long weighting about one a half pounds to two).
The male Red Jungle Fowl is quite striking with an upper plumage of russet-gold and a lower plumage of red and deep green.
The Red Jungle Fowl is clearly one of the oldest domesticated birds.
www.centralpets.com /animals/birds/wild_birds/wbd4315.html   (489 words)

  
 Red Junglefowl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A number of characteristics have been taken to indicate clean or pure Red Junglefowl; presence of an "eclipse" plumage in the males, absence of a comb and wattles in the female, slender dark legs, tail posture, call characteristics, and a generally wild and wary behavior.
The genetically pure Red Junglefowl are VERY difficult to keep in captivity due to their wild and wary nature.
Most all of the red junglefowl from the original group are banded, microchipped, studbook listed, and registered with the International Species Information System (ISIS), the organization that maintains registration records and pedigrees for wild species in most of the world's zoos.
www.cvpws.com /junglefowl.htm   (920 words)

  
 Red Junglefowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Red Junglefowl, Gallus gallus is a tropical member of the Pheasant family and the direct ancestor of the domestic chicken.
Males are much larger; they have large red fleshy wattles on the head and long, bright gold and bronze feathers forming a "shawl" or "cape" over the back of the bird from the neck to the lower back.
The other three members of the genus, Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayetii, Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii and the Green Junglefowl Gallus varius do not produce fertile hybrids with the Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus, suggesting that it is the sole ancestor of the domestic chicken.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red_Junglefowl   (477 words)

  
 PROTOCHICKEN
Using these techniques, the research team was able to eliminate all but a single subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus gallus) native to Thailand as the ancestor to all subsequent breeds of the domesticated chicken.
However, the red junglefowl was not native to that arid region of China, suggesting an older heritage in a more tropical area.
Moreover, this data indicates that the chicken is a notable exception to the general rule that the domestication of a species results in the extinction of its wild ancestor, the researchers note.
www.geocities.com /hs_wong33/PROTOCHICKEN.htm   (351 words)

  
 The Red Junglefowl of the Philippines--Native or Introduced?
It is conceivable that the junglefowl might have spread through the entire archipelago and visibly differentiated in three thousand years, but it seems unlikely.
Tom Harrisson, Curator of the Sarawak Museum, informs me (letter of 23 December 1961) that he feels that the absence from Borneo of the junglefowl is actually circumstantial evidence for the natural colonization of the Philippines, as he cannot believe that man would have introduced the species to the Philippines and not to Borneo.
Comparison of series of Philippine junglefowl with those from the mainland in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History and the Peabody Museum of Yale University (through the courtesy of Dean Amadon and Philip S. Humphrey, respectively) indicates that the former are, indeed, separable from Gallus g.
elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v079n03/p0479-p0481.html   (1438 words)

  
 RedJungleFowl (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The red jungle fowl is said to be the original "chicken" from which all domestic chickens are descended based on comments and observations made by Darwin.
in which he expressed the fear that the pure red jungle fowl may be extinct in the wild.
In view of the geographical distances and time involved, it would appear therefore that there is a strong probability that the birds matching these descriptions must be the true red jungle fowl and that all other so-called red jungle fowl may in fact be birds that have cross-bred with domestic fowls or other similar fowl.
www.junglefowl.org.cob-web.org:8888   (463 words)

  
 Melanin ornaments, honesty, and sexual selection Auk, The - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Color differences in all melanin ornaments are, in part, a function of the ratio of the two types of melanins contained, and we outline the intriguingly different metabolic pathways to the formation of the two different categories of melanins.
Eumelanin is perceived by humans (and presumably by birds) as fl to dark brown, whereas pheomelanin is perceived as light brown, buff, dull red, orange, and yellow (Prota et al.
Some pheomelanin pigments have the potential to produce brighter reds, oranges, and yellows than may typically be thought to be due to melanins (e.g.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3793/is_200304/ai_n9166785   (888 words)

  
 Sri Lanka Junglefowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Gallus lafayetii, is a member of the pheasant family which is endemic to Sri Lanka.
It is a close relative of the Indian Red Junglefowl, Gallus gallus, the wild junglefowl from which the chicken was domesticated.
Singhalese Junglefowl are unique amongst the junglefowl in the brevity of their incubation which may be as short as twenty days as contrasted with the 21-26 dqays of the Green Junglefowl.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sri_Lanka_Junglefowl   (736 words)

  
 Birds » Wild Birds » Chicken - Ceylon Jungle Fowl Main Page
Because Ceylon Junglefowl are extremely shy by nature, they should be provided with lots of foliage and a large aviary in which to hide.
Most of the Ceylon Junglefowl?s body is a shiny flish-purple, except for the mantle, breast and outerwing feathers, which have orange borders and fl-brown interiors.
Ceylon Junglefowl breed in the spring and in August to September.
www.centralpets.com /animals/birds/wild_birds/wbd4319.html   (638 words)

  
 Chickens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Charles Darwin, observing the Red Jungle Fowl of southeast Asia, identified it as the progenitor of the modern farmyard chicken.
About the only noticeable difference between the wild Red Junglefowl on the left and the GL chicken on the right is that one has a string around his leg.
If the junglefowl were introduced, it was presumably by peoples of Malaysian stock, who invaded the archipelago at a time when it was populated by peoples of Negrito type.
www.coconutstudio.com /Chickens.htm   (3176 words)

  
 Red Junglefowl
Red Junglefowl are the ancestors of all our domestic chickens.
Red Junglefowl are feral on several Hawaiian Islands.
Eclipse plumage is found in Red Junglefowl -- the first shot is of a male in eclipse plumage and the second shot a male in normal full plumage
feathersite.com /Poultry/NDG/BRKRedJF.html   (222 words)

  
 Re: What came first, the chicken or the egg?
The first chicken came from the first chicken egg, which was laid by a red junglefowl (Gallus gallus).
Whether you argue creation or evolution, the fact that humanity predates and is responsible for the speciation of chickens from red junglefowl should lay the "chicken or the egg" question to rest.
creationism argues that the red junglefowl came before the red junglefowl egg.
www.madsci.org /posts/archives/jun2000/960571926.Ev.r.html   (169 words)

  
 I sound like a camel
The humble chicken (aka Gallus gallus domesticus) is descended from the Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus, for those playing at home).
The event that led to the separate chicken species, was the domestication of the Red Junglefowl, 5000 years ago in India.
In that case, the first chicken egg was laid by a Red Junglefowl.
www.chunkyboat.com /wheelsjournal   (1146 words)

  
 Delaware State Bird - Blue Hen Chicken at SongbirdGarden.com!
The red junglefowl rooster is said to be more brilliantly colored that its tame relative.
The female red junglefowl is leaner than tame hens.
The breeding season of the red junglfowl is spring and summer.
www.songbirdgarden.com /store/info/infoview.asp?documentid=21   (714 words)

  
 Green Junglefowl, Gallus varius
The comb is light blue at the bottom near the head and purplish-red elsewhere; there is only on throat lappet or wattle that is colored the same, but with the blue on the outside edges and a yellow patch nearest to the throat.
She has no visible comb, birds with so are often hybrids with Red Junglefowl or domestic fowl.
It is believed that residents of the less populated areas of Java capture and breed Green Junglefowl with their own domestic fowl.
www.gbwf.org /pheasants/junglefowl_green.html   (473 words)

  
 Randers Regnskov: News - Red junglefowl roaming free
Two female and one male red junglefowl have been set free in The Asian Dome.
The red junglefowl is a wild fowl and it is the progenitor to over 500 species of domesticated hens.
In natrure the red junglefowl lives in South East Asia.
www.regnskoven.dk /en/news/show/nyhed/junglehoens-paa-fri-fod   (98 words)

  
 One Subspecies of the Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus gallus) Suffices as the Matriarchic Ancestor of all Domestic Breeds ...
One Subspecies of the Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus gallus) Suffices as the Matriarchic Ancestor of all Domestic Breeds -- Fumihito et al.
One Subspecies of the Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus gallus) Suffices as the Matriarchic Ancestor of all Domestic Breeds
Unlike its close ally Gallus varius (green junglefowl), the red junglefowl Gallus gallus is a genetically very diverse species; the 7.0% sequence divergence was seen between those from Thailand (G. g.
www.pnas.org /cgi/content/abstract/91/26/12505   (496 words)

  
 Navhind Times on the Web: Lifeplus
RED Jungle Fowl (RJF), a wild ancestor of all domestic chicken is fast declining in numbers throughout the country, wildlife experts say.
McGowan, however, elaborates on the issue to add that, “status of RJF is not certain and some people think that it is amongst the most common, but others think that it is amongst the rarest because of crossing with domestic or village chickens.
This would mean that ‘pure’ red junglefowl are very rare indeed, but the real picture is probably somewhere in between.” Fact is that loss of habitat in collusion with genetic-swamping, aggravates the threat to the species’ survival.
www.navhindtimes.com /articles.php?Story_ID=091239   (480 words)

  
 CiteULike: ESTs from brain and testis of White Leghorn and red junglefowl: annotation, bioinformatic classification of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
CiteULike: ESTs from brain and testis of White Leghorn and red junglefowl: annotation, bioinformatic classification of unknown transcripts and analysis of expression levels.
ESTs from brain and testis of White Leghorn and red junglefowl: annotation, bioinformatic classification of unknown transcripts and analysis of expression levels.
Large differences in expression levels were found between the brain and testis libraries for a large number of transcripts, and among the 525 most frequently represented transcripts, there were at least 20 transcripts with significant difference in expression levels between red junglefowl and White Leghorn.
www.citeulike.org /user/dchughes/article/352290   (604 words)

  
 Conservation of the Red Junglefowl
This material suggested to me that birds showing these same morphological criteria of pure wild stock (e.g., a lack of comb in the females) are also apparently quite rare in the wild and may have indeed been so since before the turn of the century.
I personally feel that molecular genetic profiles of both wild and captive Red Junglefowl populations are currently in order, and could provide important information for the genetic "screening" of populations of this species.
In some cases, in fact, DNA profiles of Red Junglefowl have been based on material from zoo populations whose genetic purity and freedom from hybridization, on the basis of the birds' behavior alone, would seem to me to be open to question.
www.feathersite.com /Poultry/NDG/RJFbySPPA.html   (923 words)

  
 Department of Biology:
Parasites and male ornaments in free-ranging and captive red jungle fowl.
Repeatability of aerobic performance in red junglefowl: effects of ontogeny and nematode infection.
Parasites and tradeoffs in the immune response of female red jungle fowl.
www.biology.ucr.edu /people/faculty/MZpubs/MZCV.html   (919 words)

  
 Red Junglefowl, Gallus gallus
Status in Aviculture: Red Junglefowl in the pure, wild form are still rather uncommon in captivity.
There are thousands of birds that can be claimed as Red Junglefowl, but there are only a few that are the pure subspecies without any interbreeding from domestics or within the races.
Red Junglefowl - Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page; Images & Sounds.
www.gbwf.org /pheasants/junglefowl_red.html   (318 words)

  
 Xyooj Aviaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Cockfighting is one of the oldest of sporting activities that is still practiced in modern times.
Since the day that man first plucked the ancestors of the modern chicken - the red junglefowl - from the forests and jungles of Asia, cockfighting has been a staple form of art and entertainment for numerous civilizations across Asia and in other parts of the world.
Where once only the direct descendants of the red junglefowl battled one another, now there are numerous breeds of fowl, each with their own peculiar characteristics, taking up the challenge.
www.geocities.com /xyoojaviaries/cockfighting.html   (1228 words)

  
 Indian Red Junglefowl (genetically pure)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Our rarest breed here at the hatchery is our pure blood Red Junglefowl.
The Richardson strain, as they are called, may be the only pure Red Junglefowl left in existence.
They were imported into the United States by Dr. Bump in the 1960's as a potential game bird in the south.
www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/cumberland/28/id44.htm   (160 words)

  
 Parker research
For my doctoral research (1997-2002) I worked with David Ligon at the University of New Mexico where I studied red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), the ancestor of the domestic chicken.
This appears to be the mechanism driving subordinate males to limit their comb growth.
Along with Dany Garant, now at University of Sherbrooke, I applied these methods to data from captive Red Junglefowl.
marcus.whitman.edu /~parkerth/ac.html   (1646 words)

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