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The chicken is perhaps the most widespread avian species in the world - and the exotic Red Jungle Fowl is the ancestor of the hybrid Araucana and Rhode Island Red. Scientists postulate that chickens were first domesticated from jungle fowl in India, about 5,000 years ago. Traders and travelers then carried them far and wide. To see - and hear - a rooster crowing, be sure to watch the video!
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The Rooster
Written by Dominic Black from an original script by Chris Peterson
[Call of the Red Jungle Fowl]
You maybe wouldn't think it, but the chicken is an extremely well connected bird.
I'm Mary McCann, this is BirdNote, and this – [Call of the Red Jungle Fowl] …is an exotic Red Jungle Fowl.
The Red Jungle Fowl is the ancestor of this: [Crowing of an Araucana/Rhode Island Red rooster] A Rhode Island Red Rooster, or Araucana (pronounced ah-ruh-CAH-nuh), to use its proper title. King of the Hill in the chicken world. [Editor's note: The Red Jungle Fowl is actually the ancestor of the hybrid Rhode Island Red Rooster and Araucana we're hearing.]
With each new day, a new opportunity to assert his dominance:[Crowing of an Araucana/Rhode Island Red rooster]
From DNA analysis, scientists postulate that chickens were first domesticated from jungle fowl in India, some 5,000 years ago. Traders and travelers then carried them far and wide, to Asia Minor, Africa, and Europe. Julius Caesar is said to have noted that the Britons “kept them for pleasure, but not for the table.” The farming of chickens for their meat and eggs developed later, until today, when the chicken is probably the most numerous avian species in the world.
For BirdNote, I'm Mary McCann.
Support for BirdNote comes from American Bird Conservancy and Bringing Back the Birds, a photo book by Owen Deutsch on the importance of protecting birdscapes. Available at amazon.com.
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Calls of the rooster and alarm calls of the hens recorded by C. Peterson.
Ambient chicken sounds provided by Kessler Productions
BirdNote's theme music was composed and played by Nancy Rumbel and John Kessler.
Producer: John Kessler
Executive Producer: Dominic Black
© 2014 Tune In to Nature.org Dec 2020 Narrator: Mary McCann
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