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Gallus sonneratii (Bandipur)🐔

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SpeciesGalliformesPhasianidae
Birds

🐔Grey Junglefowl

Gallus sonneratii Temminck, 1813

Le Coq de Sonnerat (Gallus sonneratii) est une espèce d'oiseaux de la famille des Phasianidae. C'est un ascendant partiel de certaines races de poules domestiques : Un gène responsable du caractère héréditaire récessif (W*Y) « peau jaune », inconnu dans les populations sauvages du Coq doré est présent chez plusieurs races domestiques, est issu d'hybridation avec le Coq de Sonnerat . Seuls les hybrides mâles de première génération sont fertiles.

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≈ 1/74th of your weight
Also called
Sonnerat's Junglefowl
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
0.84 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Grey Junglefowl

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Body mass
0.84 kg
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

By sex

  • Male965 kgWikidataQ304434
  • Female750 kgWikidataQ304434
Tail length
0.22 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.22 m
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Beak length
0.04 m
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Tarsus length
0.07 m
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Forest
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Terrestrial
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.8 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Grey Junglefowl yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderGalliformes
  5. ›familyPhasianidae
  6. ›genusGallus
  7. ›speciesGallus sonneratii
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. superorderGalloanserae
  3. orderGamebirds · Galliformes
  4. genusGallus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. superorderGalloanserae
  11. orderGamebirds · Galliformes
  12. genusGallus
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gall gris (ca), kur Sonneratův (cs), Grå Junglehøne (da), Sonnerathuhn (de), Gallus sonneratii (es), harmaaviidakkokana (fi) … and 25 more languages
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Gallus sonneratii (Bandipur)Gallus sonneratii female (Thattekad)
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