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Red Jungle FowlAll domestic chickens are descended from the wild Red Jungle Fowl of Southeast Asia. These birds still exist in the wild in the jungles of northeastern India.
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Researchers have sequenced the genome of the red jungle fowl, an early version of what we know today as the chicken, giving scientists new insight into many human diseases and possibly avian flu. (more) ...
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Most important of these is the red jungle fowl, which Charles Darwin determined to be the ancestor of all domesticated fowl. It is the only wild fowl that can crossbreed fertilely with domesticated species.
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Every breed of domestic chicken can be traced to the red jungle fowl. The comb is the basis of the Latin name or classification of chickens. In Latin, gallus means comb, and the domestic chicken is Gallus domesticus.
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- Ceylon Jungle Fowl aka Junglefowl (Gallus lafayettei): CentralPets.com - Red Jungle Fowl aka Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus gallus): CentralPets.com ... Red Jungle Fowl (FeatherSite) ...
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The more than 150 breeds and varieties of domestic chickens known today are thought to have descended from the red jungle fowl of Asia, where they still exist in the wild.
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 See also: Jungle Fowl, Pheasant, Domestic chicken, Fly, Turkey
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