A hen and cock Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus), Kokee State Park, Kaua'i.
Red Junglefowl run wild on most of the main islands of Hawaii, and frequently cross with domestic fowl. Jungle Fowl may be the progenitors of domesticated chickens. They probably originated in Southeast Asia about 8000 years ago. The Polynesian colonists brought them to the Islands, along with other domesticated livestock, on their large sea-going canoes. Enough escaped and went feral to form a large population on all of the major islands.
A hen and cock Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus), Kokee State Park, Kaua'i.
Red Junglefowl run wild on most of the main islands of Hawaii, and frequently cross with domestic fowl. Jungle Fowl may be the progenitors of domesticated chickens. They probably originated in Southeast Asia about 8000 years ago. The Polynesian colonists brought them to the Islands, along with other domesticated livestock, on their large sea-going canoes. Enough escaped and went feral to form a large population on all of the major islands.