Grey(Sonnerat's) Junglefowl

Description:

Sonnerat's junglefowl is one of the wild ancestors of domestic fowl together with the red junglefowl and other junglefowls.The grey junglefowl is responsible for the yellow pigment in the legs and different body parts of all the domesticated chicken.This species is endemic to India, and even today it is found mainly in peninsular India and towards the northern boundary. It will sometimes hybridize in the wild with the red junglefowl. It also hybridizes readily in captivity and sometimes with free-range domestic fowl kept in habitations close to forests.