G'day Carl,
Domestic fighting cocks and there are couple of breeds have ridiculously big
legs and can't be confused with Red Jungle Fowl, they are not widely kept.
There would be more domestic Bantams that look like Jungle Fowl in Australia
than fighting cocks.
I am interested to know location details about the sightings of Jungle Fowl
you claim.
Cheers Jeff.
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On Behalf Of Carl Clifford
Sent: Sunday, 9 August 2009 12:26 AM
To: John Hammond
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Subject: Iluka NSW .... Feral Red junglefowl?
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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