Red Junglefowl

Whole-genome studies show the domestic chicken was first domesticated from it about 8,000 years ago, with lesser contributions from the grey, Sri Lankan and green junglefowl. The wild form is sometimes kept in parks and gardens as a pest controller (Wikipedia, general species account). Linnaeus described it in 1758, and five subspecies are recognised (Wikipedia, general species account). The red junglefowl was the primary species to give rise to today's many breeds of chicken (G. g. domesticus). (Wikipedia, general species account).

The red junglefowl, also known as the Indian red junglefowl, is a tropical pheasant-family bird found across much of Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. The red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), also known as the Indian red junglefowl (and formerly the bankiva or bankiva-fowl), belongs to tropical, galliform bird in the phasianid family, found across much of Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. Linnaeus specified the type locality as "India orientali" but this has been restricted to the island of Pulo Condor (Côn Đảo) off the coast of Vietnam. (Wikipedia, general species account).