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Known as a member of the pheasant family, the Sri Lanka Junglefowl (Gallus lafayetii) is a close relative of the Indian Red Junglefowl and it serves as the national bird of Sri Lanka.

This is a kind of large bird which has colorful, male plumage but is sometimes difficult to see in the denser woodlands. The fowl is common in forests and scrub habitats and is usually found at sites like Kitugala, Yala and Sinharaja. The junglefowl isa ground nesting bird that lays 2-4 eggs in a nest like the other fowls, the male plays no part in the incubation of the eggs or even in rearing the precocial young.

It is best described as serial monogamists and the reproductive strategy of the specie is described as facultative polyandry where a single female is typically linked with two or three males which form a pride of sorts. The fowl is vulnerable to pulloram and other bacterium which is common in domestic poultry.

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