Sri Lankan junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii)

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Subject:	Sri Lankan junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii)
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GALLUS STANLEYl CEYLON JUNGLE-FOWL

Title: Indian sporting birds
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Frank Finn, 1868-1932; Allan Octavian Hume, 1829-1912; Charles Henry Tilson Marshall, 1841-
Subjects: Birds -- India Game and game-birds -- India
Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/indiansportingbi00finn/indiansportingbi00finn#page/n339/mode/1up
Author Edward Neale (1833–1904)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_sporting_birds_(1915)_(14750304252).jpg

The Sri Lankan junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii), also known as the Ceylon junglefowl, is a member of the Galliformes bird order which is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is the national bird. The specific name of the Sri Lankan junglefowl commemorates the French aristocrat Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette.

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