Increasingly unusual in captive collections, I have a sneaking fondness for this species of junglefowl when compared to its more commonplace cousin the Red Junglefowl.
Increasingly unusual in captive collections, I have a sneaking fondness for this species of junglefowl when compared to its more commonplace cousin the Red Junglefowl.
London Zoo used to have these on the North Bank and in the old Pheasantries near the Bird House. The cocks used to crow backwards and forwards to each other across the zoo, one of its iconic sounds along with Fish Eagles and Sealions, now all gone from the collection.
15 public collections across Europe have this species and also in privat collections it's kept by several breeders.
At Walsrode we used to have all 4 Gallus-species in the mid-1980-ties and also bred all 4 of them. Beautifull photo of this beautifull species TLD !
The cocks used to crow backwards and forwards to each other across the zoo, one of its iconic sounds along with Fish Eagles and Sealions, now all gone from the collection.
London Zoo used to have these on the North Bank and in the old Pheasantries near the Bird House. The cocks used to crow backwards and forwards to each other across the zoo, one of its iconic sounds along with Fish Eagles and Sealions, now all gone from the collection.
Still, Walsrode still do have the rarest in captivity of the Junglefowl - Gallus varius - so there is that consolation. The only holding in Europe of said species I believe; not sure if there are any in private hands.
It may surprise some people to learn that a UK public collection had the full set and bred them in the 1990's - Hamerton Zoo.
On a side note it is strange that Berlin Zoos pheasantry in addition to holding many galliformes species also has several representatives of other bird orders, like the Trumpet Manucode that is a bird of paradise and a passerine, and not a pheasant It is strange that the oh so thoroughly taxonomic Zoo Berlin have passerines and kiwis in the pheasantry.
There are a few people with green jungle fowl, but they're more delicate than the other species as far as I can gather. Berlin had them until around 2010 I think...
