Grey Junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii)
About the Grey Junglefowl
The grey 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.
A real field recording of the Grey Junglefowl. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in India · xeno-canto lists 114 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Green JunglefowlGallus variusprofile
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallusprofile
- Sri Lanka JunglefowlGallus lafayettiiprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.