Chicken / Haushuhn (Gallus gallus)

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Wikipedia: Chicken Source: WIKIPEDIA Female_pair.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Gallus (Gallus); Subfamily Phasianinae (Phasianinae); Family Turkeys (Phasianidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, Asia.
General: The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a large and round short-winged bird, domesticated from the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia around 8,000 years ago. Most chickens are raised for food, providing meat and eggs; others are kept as pets[1] or for cockfighting. [more]
introduced, Norfolk & Christmas Island