Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Assamese | বন কুকুৰা |
| Bulgarian | Банкивска кокошка |
| Chinese (SIM) | 红原鸡 |
| Croatian | divlja kokoš |
| Czech | kur bankivský |
| Dutch | Bankivahoen |
| English | Red Junglefowl |
| English (United States) | Red Junglefowl |
| French | Coq bankiva |
| French (French Guiana) | Coq bankiva |
| German | Bankivahuhn |
| Greek | Κότα |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Poul |
| Hebrew | תרנגול בר |
| Icelandic | Bankívahænsn |
| Indonesian | Ayam-hutan merah |
| Japanese | セキショクヤケイ |
| Norwegian | bankivahane |
| Polish | kur bankiwa |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Galo-bravo-vermelho |
| Russian | Банкивский петух |
| Serbian | Indijska divlja kokoš |
| Slovak | kura divá |
| Spanish | Gallo Bankiva |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Gallina, Gallo |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gallo Doméstico |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gallo Salvaje Rojo |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Gallo Silvestre |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gallo bankiva |
| Swedish | röd djungelhöna |
| Thai | ไก่ป่า |
| Turkish | Yaban Tavuğu |
| Ukrainian | Курка банківська |
Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Phasianus Gallus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae ed.10 1, p.158.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'India orientali, Pouli condor etc.' Restricted type locality. Island of Pulo Condor, off the mouths of the Mekong.
Definitions
- GALLUS
- gallus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SPECIES
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus Scientific name definitions
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 7, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 7, 2015
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.redjun.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- November 7, 2015
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2015). Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.