Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Rooiboshoender |
Assamese | বন কুকুৰা |
Bulgarian | Банкивска кокошка |
Catalan | gall bankiva |
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 (France) | Coq bankiva |
German | Bankivahuhn |
Greek | Κότα |
Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Poul |
Hebrew | תרנגול בר |
Icelandic | Bankívahænsn |
Indonesian | Ayam-hutan merah |
Italian | Gallo bankiva |
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 |
Slovenian | Bankivska kokoš |
Spanish | Gallo Bankiva |
Spanish (Dominican Republic) | "Gallina, Gallo" |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Gallo Doméstico |
Spanish (Panama) | Gallo Salvaje Rojo |
Spanish (Peru) | Gallo |
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 Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.158.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'India orientali, Pouli condor etc.' Restricted type locality. Island of Pulo Condor, off the mouths of the Mekong.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GALLUS
- gallus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
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
Revision History
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
-
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.