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Description: The Red Junglefowl looks very similar to
a domestic chicken (especially the Leghorn). The cock has multicolored
feathers on its body including a golden cape, metallic green mantle
and wing coverts, and red-orange on the rump. The primaries are
dark and the secondaries reddish. The tail is also metallic green
with two long protruding curved feathers. The head sports a scarlet
red comb and two wattles. The throat and face are also red. The
hen is duller with yellow brown feathers streaked with some black.
The tail is short and compact and the head has few feathers and
a tiny comb. The wild Red Junglefowl is distinguished in part
by the tuft of white feathers at the base of the tail and by holding
the tail horizontal to the ground. True wild specimens exhibit
an eclipse molt.
Similar Species: There are four species of Junglefowl
and five subspecies of Red Junglefowl identified. The Green Junglefowl
is most similar to the Red Junglefowl but is found only in Java.
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