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Grey junglefowl

Gallus sonneratii

हिन्दी: सलेटी जंगली मुर्गा

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened animals listIUCN: Least Concern
Grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii)

Image: Yathin S Krishnappa · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · As stated on the file page · Resized

Scientific name
Gallus sonneratii
Hindi name
सलेटी जंगली मुर्गा
Family
Phasianidae, order Galliformes
Group
Bird
Conservation status
Least Concern

The wild cousin of the farmyard rooster.

  • Spot it Grey-brown body; males have a red comb and long dark tail.
  • Home Dry forest and scrub.
  • Food web Eats seeds, grain and insects; leopards prey on it.
  • Why it matters Scratches the ground, mixing soil, and spreads seeds.

Read more: Grey junglefowl on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened animals of Rajasthan, for Kumbhalgarh, Todgarh Raoli, Phulwari and Mount Abu.[1]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Animals of Rajasthan (39 animals, with localities) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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