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Gallus gallus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Red Junglefowl

G5Secure Found in 14 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.103202
Element CodeABNLC06010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderGalliformes
FamilyPhasianidae
GenusGallus
Other Common Names
Coq bankiva (FR) Gallina, Gallo (ES)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Taxonomic Comments
Hybridizes locally with G. sonneratii in areas of contact (Sibley and Monroe 1990).
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-04-07
Change Date1996-11-25
Range Extent Comments
RESIDENT: southeastern Asia. INTRODUCED: established in wild state in Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, and perhaps elsewhere), Puerto Rico (Isla Mona, and possibly Isla Culebra and among magotes of Puerto Rico proper), and elsewhere in the world.
Ecology & Habitat

Diagnostic Characteristics

Ancestor of domestic chicken, from which wild birds may be difficult to distinguish.

Habitat

Forest undergrowth, second growth, scrub, cultivated land. In Hawaii: along roads, trails, and other open spaces when feeding; often rests or feeds casually in thickets at other times of day; roosts in tree (female with young on ground). Nests on ground or in trees (2-6+ m above ground) (Berger 1981).

Ecology

Roosts singly, in pairs, or in family groups.

Reproduction

In Hawaii, breeds early February-late September; clutch size 4-9; incubation 3 weeks, by female; male helps tend chicks; female sexually mature in 4-5 months (Berger 1981).
Terrestrial Habitats
Forest - HardwoodWoodland - HardwoodShrubland/chaparralOld fieldCropland/hedgerow
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNA
ProvinceRankNative
HawaiiSNANo
CanadaNNA
Roadless Areas (14)
Arizona (1)
AreaForestAcres
WhetstoneCoronado National Forest20,728
California (4)
AreaForestAcres
Dry LakesLos Padres National Forest17,043
MatilijaLos Padres National Forest5,218
Mt. Shasta BShasta-Trinity National Forest2,809
San Gabriel AddAngeles National Forest2,527
Colorado (1)
AreaForestAcres
Storm PeakSan Juan NF57,617
Oregon (1)
AreaForestAcres
Hurricane CreekWallowa-Whitman National Forest1,606
Puerto Rico (2)
AreaForestAcres
El Toro AreaCaribbean National Forest12,584
Mameyes AreaCaribbean National Forest11,150
Utah (2)
AreaForestAcres
418025Uinta National Forest32,698
Mt. AireWasatch-Cache National Forest9,681
Washington (2)
AreaForestAcres
Mt. BaldyOlympic National Forest3,557
South QuinaultOlympic National Forest11,081
Wyoming (1)
AreaForestAcres
Gros Ventre MountainsBridger-Teton National Forest106,418
References (7)
  1. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1983. Check-list of North American Birds, 6th edition. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. 877 pp.
  2. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in <i>The Auk</i>]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
  3. Berger, A. J. 1981. Hawaiian Birdlife. Second Edition. University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. xv + 260 pp.
  4. Pratt, H. D., P. L. Bruner, and D. G. Berrett. 1987. A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. 409 pp. + 45 plates.
  5. Raffaele, H. A. 1983a. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Fondo Educativo Interamericano, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 255 pp.
  6. Raffaele, H., J. Wiley, O. Garrido, A. Keith, and J. Raffaele. 1998. A guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 511 pp.
  7. Sibley, C.G., and B.L. Monroe, Jr. 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. xxiv + 1111 pp.