Scientific Name: Gallus gallus
Place: Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India
Red Junglefowl, Probably the most common amongst all Galliformes from the family of Pheasantidae. These colorful looking avian specie are found mostly in all type of habitat in India, except arid & semi-arid landscape of western India and from south India. In south India the specie is replaced by Grey Junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii).
Previously in five days, I have posted just five different specie level article and wrote about sightings of each and every species from different wildlife sanctuaries, biosphere reserves, national parks and tiger reserves from India. Till date, in just these five days, I have been seeing the influx of birders and bird enthusiasts looking into this blog write up and they are following these articles thoroughly. I really appreciate their involvement from my heart, as they are going through each post on a regular basis. Cheers to all readers and viewers!
Now let us talk about Red Junglefowl.
On 30th December '14, during a leisure trip to Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, we were trying to mature our luck for tiger sightings. Prior to that I was there at Sundarbans five times; but the Nut didn't crack. Though common at Sundarbans, all of us were eager to see something unusual. In the mudflat everything, meant all the wildlife that we see other tiger reserves or national parks of India, looks different here at the mangroves.
Nature lovers or bird photographers those who spent their time for birding can find it beautiful against blurred background with soft-moderate light; but, here at Sundarbans what we experienced was something totally unique. A Red Junglefowl picking and dropping food items from the muddy banks of largest mangrove. After taking few snaps, I locked my eyes with my Vanguard 8 X 42mm binocular to enjoy its gait in this unusual terrain.
Here is what we saw, see the image below:
It is not only the male birds who look beautiful in this mangroves, females of this specie are beautiful too. In countless number of occasions during our birding and bird watching trips to Sundarbans we spot them at different places and islands. See the photograph of female (♀) from Sudhanyakhali watch tower of Sundarbans.
Mostly Galliformes forage on ground and their food niche is mostly ground insects and beetles. Thus it is hard to spot a Junglefowl on tree branches. Moreover, their flying gait is restricted to a certain level, it would be unusual if one can spot a Galliforme on tree branch.
I told you previously that Sundarbans is full of surprises, what you can expect elsewhere you can experience it in Sundarbans. See the below posted image which shows, Galliformes can roost on tree branches too, if it is needed as a part of their habitat niche occupancy. Tide is a major factor in Sundarbans which decides how the wildlife would live their lives here. At peak during monsoon, the differences between high tide and low tide become more pronounced. These rise and fall of water level controls habit and habitat of wild dwellers. That is due to tidal rise, these to pair of Junglefowls are perched on tree branch.
Hope you loved it! Stay tuned nature lover!
Place: Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India
Red Junglefowl, Probably the most common amongst all Galliformes from the family of Pheasantidae. These colorful looking avian specie are found mostly in all type of habitat in India, except arid & semi-arid landscape of western India and from south India. In south India the specie is replaced by Grey Junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii).
Previously in five days, I have posted just five different specie level article and wrote about sightings of each and every species from different wildlife sanctuaries, biosphere reserves, national parks and tiger reserves from India. Till date, in just these five days, I have been seeing the influx of birders and bird enthusiasts looking into this blog write up and they are following these articles thoroughly. I really appreciate their involvement from my heart, as they are going through each post on a regular basis. Cheers to all readers and viewers!
Now let us talk about Red Junglefowl.
On 30th December '14, during a leisure trip to Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, we were trying to mature our luck for tiger sightings. Prior to that I was there at Sundarbans five times; but the Nut didn't crack. Though common at Sundarbans, all of us were eager to see something unusual. In the mudflat everything, meant all the wildlife that we see other tiger reserves or national parks of India, looks different here at the mangroves.
Nature lovers or bird photographers those who spent their time for birding can find it beautiful against blurred background with soft-moderate light; but, here at Sundarbans what we experienced was something totally unique. A Red Junglefowl picking and dropping food items from the muddy banks of largest mangrove. After taking few snaps, I locked my eyes with my Vanguard 8 X 42mm binocular to enjoy its gait in this unusual terrain.
Here is what we saw, see the image below:
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| Red Junglefowl ♂ (Gallus gallus) | Sundarban, West Bengal, India © Dibyendu Ash @ 2014 |
It is not only the male birds who look beautiful in this mangroves, females of this specie are beautiful too. In countless number of occasions during our birding and bird watching trips to Sundarbans we spot them at different places and islands. See the photograph of female (♀) from Sudhanyakhali watch tower of Sundarbans.
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| Red Junglefowl ♀ (Gallus gallus) | Sundarban, West Bengal, India
© Dibyendu Ash @ 2015
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Mostly Galliformes forage on ground and their food niche is mostly ground insects and beetles. Thus it is hard to spot a Junglefowl on tree branches. Moreover, their flying gait is restricted to a certain level, it would be unusual if one can spot a Galliforme on tree branch.
I told you previously that Sundarbans is full of surprises, what you can expect elsewhere you can experience it in Sundarbans. See the below posted image which shows, Galliformes can roost on tree branches too, if it is needed as a part of their habitat niche occupancy. Tide is a major factor in Sundarbans which decides how the wildlife would live their lives here. At peak during monsoon, the differences between high tide and low tide become more pronounced. These rise and fall of water level controls habit and habitat of wild dwellers. That is due to tidal rise, these to pair of Junglefowls are perched on tree branch.
Hope you loved it! Stay tuned nature lover!
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