Stats

Lifespan: 10-16 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Tropical rainforest
Range: Southeast Asia
Movement: Walking
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Common

About

This colorful bird is the wild ancestor of the domestic chicken and lives deep within the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. It spends its day scratching through leaves to find seeds and insects, then flies high into the trees to sleep safely at night.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A large clutch of eggs sits in a shallow ground scrape, incubated by the hen until the brood hatches together.
2.
hatchling chick
A downy chick leaves the nest within hours of hatching and pecks for food alongside the hen.
3.
juvenile
A juvenile grows its first body feathers, learns to fly short bursts, and stays in the brood until fledged.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Gallus
Species: Gallus gallus