Listen to the red junglefowl
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About the red junglefowl
The red junglefowl is a bird in the family Phasianidae (order Galliformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 70 cm and weigh around 844 g.
What does the red junglefowl sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), also known as the Indian red junglefowl (and formerly the bankiva or bankiva-fowl), is a species of tropical, galliform bird in the phasianid family, found across much of Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia.
The red junglefowl was the primary species to give rise to today's many breeds of chicken (G. g. domesticus). Lesser contributions came from the grey junglefowl (G. sonneratii), Sri Lankan junglefowl (G. lafayettii) and the Javanese green junglefowl (G. varius). Whole genome sequencing has revealed that the chicken was first domesticated from red junglefowl ca. 8,000 years ago, with this domestication event involving multiple maternal origins.
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Frequently asked questions
What does a red junglefowl sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the red junglefowl on this page, including its song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the red junglefowl endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the red junglefowl as “least concern”.
What family does the red junglefowl belong to?
The red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) belongs to the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · farma Lesná záhrada, Hrubý Šúr, Senec District, Bratislava… by Alexander Kürthy – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q184774 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Red junglefowl – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Subramanya C K – CC BY-SA 3.0