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The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adult male bird, and a younger male may be called a cockerel. A male that has been castrated is a capon. An adult female bird is called a hen and a sexually immature female is called a pullet.

Similar species: Landfowl
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Feb 21, 2013. Captured Feb 18, 2013 12:46 in R339, South Cape DC, South Africa.
  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/256s
  • ISO250
  • 400mm