Red Junglefowl

The red junglefowl is a tropical gamebird of South and Southeast Asia and the main ancestor of the domestic chicken, first domesticated about 8,000 years ago. It is much smaller than a domestic fowl, with males about 1.5kg and females about 1kg. The rooster's neck and back have long golden hackle feathers, while the hen is drab and well camouflaged (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its native range extends from Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh east across southern China to Southeast Asia and south into Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Breeding adults moult around June into an eclipse plumage that lasts through October. Roosters have a sharp bony spur on the back of each leg.