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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 Jivko Nakev
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Uploaded Jul 9, 2016. Captured Jul 18, 2009 20:08.
  • SP510UZ
  • f/3.5
  • 10/2500s
  • ISO800
  • 49.5mm