red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), Sri Lankan junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii), green junglefowl (Gallus varius)

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Subject:	red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), Sri Lankan junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii), green junglefowl (Gallus varius)
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English:
« Gallus bankiva » = Gallus gallus (Red Junglefowl) - female
« Gallus stanleyi » = Gallus lafayetii (Sri Lanka Junglefowl) - female
« Gallus furcatus » = Gallus varius (Green Junglefowl) - female
Français:
« Gallus bankiva » = Gallus gallus (Coq bankiva) - femelle
« Gallus stanleyi » = Gallus lafayetii (Coq de Lafayette) - femelle
« Gallus furcatus » = Gallus varius (Coq de Java) - femelle
Date between 1830 and 1832
Source Illustrations of Indian Zoology - volume 1
Author Thomas Hardwicke (1755–1835)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gallus_gallus,_G._lafayetii_%26_G._varius_Hardwicke.jpg

The red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) is a tropical member of the family Phasianidae. It is the primary progenitor of the domestic chicken. The red junglefowl was first domesticated at least five thousand years ago in Asia.

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 green junglefowl (Gallus varius), also known as Javan junglefowl, forktail or green Javanese junglefowl, is a medium-sized (up to 75 cm long) bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae.

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