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Chicken
Gallus gallus domesticus
59.6958, 30.438
Field Notes
Description:
The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food, consuming both their meat and their eggs.
Habitat:
Mostly kept in pins and farms.
Notes:
Distant cousin of the Red Jungle Fowl
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