Hi John
I have sometimes wondered how many generations it would take a
domestic chook to revert to a Jungle Fowl, be it Red or Green. Whilst
birding in SE Asia, I have come across several birds which meet the
criteria for a Jungle Fowl of both colours, but seeing as the
sightings were fairly close to human habitation I have somewhat
vacillated over whether to tick them or not. I have seen quite a few
Fighting Cocks in SE Asian villages which meet most of the criteria
for a Jungle Fowl, which has made me think am I seeing a Jungle Fowl
or seeing a domesticated Fighting Cock.
With the prevalence of Cock Fighting in Australia, it makes me wonder,
are sightings of Jungle Fowl in Australia of a genuine breeding
populations or escapees?
I would be interested in opinions.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 08/08/2009, at 7:11 PM, John Hammond wrote:
Hello all.... I was just wondering if any one is aware of any feral
junglefowl populations around iluka in nsw? I have been staying at
Yamba for a couple of days and this morning after visiting the iluka
rainforest drove down to the shark bay picnic ground. As I got out of
the car I could hear a rooster calling somewhere in the scrub and
given the distance from any houses and the dense habitat I was quite
amazed to hear this. After a ten minute search I found myself peering
through the scrub at one very shy red junglefowl. I don't know if
people feed these chooks but the one I saw behaved very much like a
wild bird. As for this wayward roosters genetics I can only say it
looked nearly identical to the photos I manage to bring up on a google
search of the species. I can only find reference to feral populations
on heron and north west island. So my question to anyone in the know
is could this bird be a legit feral tick? Or has somebodys prized red
junglefowl gone for an awful long walk? If anything it will go down as
the most spectacular rooster I've ever seen.....
Johno
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