Grey junglefowl

Grey junglefowl
	Cock in Bandipur National Park
	Hen in Thattekad Bird Sanctuary
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Genus:	Gallus
Species:	G. sonneratii
Binomial name
	Gallus sonneratii; Temminck, 1813
	Actual spot records and presumed distribution

The gray junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii), also known as Sonnerat's junglefowl, is one of the wild ancestors of the domestic chicken together with the red junglefowl and other junglefowls.

The species epithet commemorates the French explorer Pierre Sonnerat. Local names include Komri in Rajasthan, Geera kur or Parda komri in Gondi, Jangli Murghi in Hindi, Raan kombdi in Marathi, Kattu Kozhi in Tamil and Malayalam, Kaadu koli in Kannada and Tella adavi kodi in Telugu.^[3]

^ BirdLife International (2016). "Gallus sonneratii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679203A92807338. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679203A92807338.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
^ Anonymous (1998). "Vernacular Names of the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent" (PDF). Buceros. 3 (1): 53–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-01.

[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2016). "Gallus sonneratii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679203A92807338. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679203A92807338.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[2] "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

[3] Anonymous (1998). "Vernacular Names of the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent" (PDF). Buceros. 3 (1): 53–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-01.

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