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title: "Bankivahoen"
description: "Gallus gallus — Vogels. The red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), also known as the Indian red junglefowl (and formerly the bankiva or bankiva-fowl), is a species of tropical, galliform bird in the phasianid family, found across much of Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/red-junglefowl
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Bankivahoen

> Gallus gallus — Vogels. The red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), also known as the Indian red junglefowl (and formerly the bankiva or bankiva-fowl), is a species of tropical, galliform bird in the phasianid family, found across much of Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia.

- Scientific name: *Gallus gallus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 79426
- Wikidata: [Q184774](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184774)
- iNaturalist taxon: [882](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/882)

## Names

- en: Red Junglefowl
- de: Bankivahuhn
- es: Gallo asiático
- fr: Coq doré
- nl: Bankivahoen
- pt: Galo-banquiva
- pl: Kur bankiwa

## Countries with the most observations

US (12863), SG (8046), TH (1797), PR (1556), IN (1485), MY (597), NZ (516), AU (453), MX (453), PH (449), ID (382), KY (336)

## Summary

The red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), also known as the Indian red junglefowl (and formerly the bankiva or bankiva-fowl), is a species of tropical, galliform bird in the phasianid family, found across much of Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia.
The red junglefowl was the primary species to give rise to today's many breeds of chicken (G. g. domesticus). Lesser contributions came from the grey junglefowl (G. sonneratii), Sri Lankan junglefowl (G. lafayettii) and the Javanese green junglefowl (G. varius). Whole genome sequencing has revealed that the chicken was first domesticated from red junglefowl ca. 8,000 years…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_junglefowl

## Photo

![Bankivahoen](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-junglefowl/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jenny Christianson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177951886

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-junglefowl?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).