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Galliformes / ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr m iː z / is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl.Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are often reared by humans for their meat and eggs, or hunted as game birds.
Malays, illustration from Jean Bungartz, Geflügel-Album, 1885. The Malay Game is a breed of game chicken.It is among the tallest breeds of chicken, and may stand over 90 cm (36 inches) high.
Illustration of thirty-nine varieties of chicken (and one Guinea Fowl) . There are hundreds of chicken breeds in existence. [1] Domesticated for thousands of years, distinguishable breeds of chicken have been present since the combined factors of geographical isolation and selection for desired characteristics created regional types with distinct physical and behavioral traits passed on to ...
Fowl are birds belonging to one of two biological orders, namely the gamefowl or landfowl (Galliformes) and the waterfowl (Anseriformes).Anatomical and molecular similarities suggest these two groups are close evolutionary relatives; together, they form the fowl clade which is scientifically known as Galloanserae or Galloanseres (initially termed Galloanseri) (Latin gallus ("rooster") + ānser ...
The Asil or Aseel is an Indian breed or group of breeds of game chicken.It is distributed in much of India, particularly in the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha; [2] it has been exported to several other countries.
A hen in the United States. Cockfighting was made illegal in Britain in 1849; in the following decades, some breeders cross-bred fighting birds of Old English Game and Malay stock to develop an ornamental bird for exhibition.
He cross-bred the wild Red Jungle Fowl with fighting bantams of the type known at the time as "pit game". [ 4 ] : 106 The American Game Bantam was listed in the yearbook of the American Bantam Association from 1950, [ 7 ] and was admitted to the Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association in 2009.
The Taiwanese Game is a very large game chicken similar in type to the Malay. [10]: 295 It is among the heaviest of chicken breeds, and may exceed 10 kg in body weight; [7] typical weights are in the range 5–7 kg for cocks, and 4–5.5 kg for hens.