Jungle Fowl Facts: the WILD CHICKEN?! 🐔 Animal Fact Files

Jungle fowl (sometimes spelled junglefowl) are sometimes called the wild chicken, but there are some differences between domestic chickens and jungle fowl. There are four jungle fowl species. Learn more jungle fowl facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files! Scientific Name: Genus - Gallus Range: Asia Habitat: forest, forest edges, and open areas Size: Males - average 28 inches (74cm) in length; almost two pounds (907g) in weight Females - about 16 inches (41cm) long; weigh just over a pound (454g) on average Diet: seeds, insects and their eggs, worms, fruits, berries, leaves, small reptiles and more Threats: birds of prey and ground dwelling mammals and reptiles Lifespan: 10 years ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, their requests made first, exclusive content, and more! ✨ 👉   / animalfactfiles   MORE FOWL FACTS ON ANIMAL FACT FILES Partridge Facts -    • Partridge Facts: WHAT is a PARTRIDGE in a ...   Duck Facts -    • Duck Facts: What is a DUCK?! 🦆 Animal Fact...   Pigeon Facts -    • Pigeon Facts: also DOVE FACTS | Animal Fac...   There's more to learn! Exclusive videos on social media: 🎵 TikTok -   / animalfactfilesyt   📸 Instagram -   / animalfactfiles   🐦 Twitter -   / animalfactfiles   📚 Facebook -   / animalfactfiles   --- Junglefowl NOT A CHICKEN 0:00 Junglefowl SPECIES 0:26 Junglefowl VS CHICKEN 1:09 Junglefowl DIET 1:29 Junglefowl SOUND 2:23 Junglefowl HABITAT 2:52 Junglefowl LIFE CYCLE 3:12 Junglefowl SIZE 4:15 Thanks! 4:35 --- Image and Video Credits: Sai Adikarla - https://flickr.com/photos/adikarla/16... Nik Chekin - https://flickr.com/photos/191105051@N... Rudraksha Chodankar - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... JJ Harrison - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Yathin S Krishnappa - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Sanjakcrower - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Alain Fossé -    • 15.2.17 Coq bankiva (Gallus gallus murghi,...   sarangib -    • Red Jungle Fowl in Kaziranga   Градина Вискяр -    • Див петел - red junglefowl (Gallus gallus)...   ;    • Red Jungle Fowl | មាន់ព្រៃ | Tamao Mountai...   SP-Nature -    • Red Jungle Fowl | មាន់ព្រៃ | Tamao Mountai...   Donkey shot - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Rural Life Travellers -    • Red jungle fowl chicks #rurallifenepal #sh...   Aaron Baugher -    • Chick Update, Week 3   TsavFeej channel -    • Video   ;    • Video   Sarala Gamage - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Arshad ameen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gr... Francesco Veronesi -https://www.flickr.com/photos/frances... JJ Harrison - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ga... Hafiz Issadeen - https://www.flickr.com/photos/2590264... Koshy Koshy - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kkoshy/... Stavenn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St... Sun Jiao - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... VU3SBF - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Torizs Istvan - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Samad1666 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Fir0002 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Research Credits: https://books.google.com/books?id=WJC... https://books.google.com/books?id=G2_... https://books.google.com/books?id=LE8... https://books.google.com/books?id=62I... https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/... https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/ph... https://avianres.biomedcentral.com/ar... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://ebird.org/species/ceyjun1 https://ebird.org/species/grejun2 https://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/N... https://www.britannica.com/animal/jun... #animalfactfiles #junglefowl #wildchicken