Roosters

All 2 species of roosters on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Conservation status

Where they live

Recorded in 25 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Where to see them

Did you know…?

• The males display at communal leks at dawn, tails spread into a lyre.

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• Its lek is one of the most impressive natural spectacles in northern Europe: dozens of males gather before dawn in a clearing, fan out their lyre-shaped tails and give a continuous bubbling coo that carries for kilometres.

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• The males at the centre of the arena get most of the matings, and the positions are contested for years: a male can take several seasons to reach the middle.

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• The yellow patch in the centre of the male's red comb is unique among the world's junglefowl and is enough to identify him at a glance.

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• Its populations fluctuate with the mass flowering of bamboo, which happens every few decades: when the bamboo seeds, the abundance of food triggers a surge in breeding across the whole island.

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Ecosystems