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Lifespan
30 years
Diet
Insects, especially termites and winged ants that emerge at dawn and dusk
Habitat
Can be found in areas with a mix of both open ground and dense vegetation.
Range
The range of the wild form stretches from India eastwards across Indochina and southern China, into Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Indonesia
The Red Jungle Fowl is a tropical bird. They are the primary progenitor of the domestic chicken. The red junglefowl were first domesticated at least 5,000 years ago in India. Since then, their domestic form has spread around the world and is kept globally as a source of meat and egg.