Sri Lankan junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii)

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Subject:	Sri Lankan junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii)
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Ceylon Junglefowl (Gallus lafayetii)
Date Published in 1921
Source A Monograph of the Pheasants, volume 2 by William Beebe
Author George Edward Lodge (1860–1954)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ceylon_Junglefowl_by_George_Edward_Lodge.png

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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