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Chicken

Gallus gallus domesticus

Description:

The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food, consuming both their meat and their eggs.

Habitat:

Mostly kept in pins and farms.

Notes:

Distant cousin of the Red Jungle Fowl

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TTaylor
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TTaylor

Пушкин, Санкт-Петербург, Russian Federation

Spotted on Aug 4, 2013
Submitted on Oct 21, 2013

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