Green Forest Chicken, Flyable Chicken Relatives.
Dear Steemians.
Usually, the chicken only on the ground and walk casually. But, this one chicken is unique. Because, he can fly a long distance, with a long span of time. What about chicken, huh? Is it really a chicken, or is it a chicken relative?
Chicken Forest Green.
Although known as the green forest chicken, in fact, the animal named latin Gallus Varius, is a type of bird that belongs to the group of land poultry (Phasianidae). Some animal groups of poultry, namely family of chickens, quail, and sempidan. Green forest is a native of Indonesia which is spread only in Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara Islands. Green forest chicken has a different name in each area. For example, in the land of Sunda, the green cock of the forest is called canghegar or cangehgar. If in the Java language, known as chicken pedestal or ajem allas. While in Madura (East Java) green forest chicken known as tarattah.
Chickens of green forests are very fond of open areas and have grasslands, like on the edge of a forest or an area with low hills near the beach. Morning and evening, green forest fowls usually seek food in the form of grains, grass shoots, or foliage. These forest chickens also love to hunt small animals, such as spiders, worms, toads, and small lizards to eat. Well, there is the habit of other green forest chickens are quite unique, friends. Namely, dismantle and scavenge buffalo dung, cows, buffalo or other herbivorous animals. This green forest chicken is very good at flying! He can fly with a height of about 7 meters or more. Not only an adult green forest bird, a pheasant, can fly to avoid the danger in front of him.