Description
Gallus ferrugineus
Date 1809-1845
Source/Photographer Schinz
Old Latin name Gallus ferrugineus
New Latin name Gallus gallus
Common name Nederlands: Bankivahoen
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gallus_ferrugineus_-_1809-1845_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ17000085.tif

The red junglefowl or red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) is a tropical member of the family Phasianidae. It is the primary progenitor of the domestic chicken (though genetic evidence strongly suggests some past hybridisation with the grey junglefowl as well). The red junglefowl was first domesticated at least five thousand years ago in Asia. Since then it has spread around the world, and the domestic form is kept globally as a very productive food source of both meat and eggs.