---
title: "Bengal"
description: "Gallus sonneratii — Aves. The grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii), also known as Sonnerat's junglefowl, is one of the wild ancestors of the domestic chicken together with the red junglefowl and other junglefowls."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/grey-junglefowl
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bengal

> Gallus sonneratii — Aves. The grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii), also known as Sonnerat's junglefowl, is one of the wild ancestors of the domestic chicken together with the red junglefowl and other junglefowls.

- Scientific name: *Gallus sonneratii*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 872
- Wikidata: [Q304434](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q304434)
- iNaturalist taxon: [880](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/880)

## Names

- en: Grey Junglefowl
- de: Sonnerathuhn
- es: Gallo gris
- fr: Coq de Sonnerat
- nl: Sonnerathoen
- pt: Bengal
- pl: Kur siwy

## Countries with the most observations

IN (739)

## Summary

The grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii), also known as Sonnerat's junglefowl, is one of the wild ancestors of the domestic chicken together with the red junglefowl and other junglefowls.
The species epithet commemorates the French explorer Pierre Sonnerat. Local names include Komri in Rajasthan, Geera kur or Parda komri in Gondi, Jangli Murghi in Hindi, Raan kombdi in Marathi, Kattu Kozhi in Tamil and Malayalam, Kaadu koli in Kannada and Tella adavi kodi in Telugu.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263080109

## Machine access

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