grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii)

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Subject:	grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii)
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Artist Jean-Baptiste Huet (1745–1811)
Description
Gallus sonneratii
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Temminck pl. col. 232
Old Latin name Gallus sonneratii
New Latin name Gallus sonneratii
Common name Nederlands: Sonnerathoen
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gallus_sonneratii_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ17000019.tif

The grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii), also known as Sonnerat's junglefowl, is one of the wild ancestors of domestic fowl. Grey junglefowls are endemic to India, and even today they are found mainly in peninsular India and towards the northern boundary.

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