05 October 2024

Juvenile Jungle fowl

One morning, I noticed this big bird perching on a coconut tree petiole.
Domesticated fowl rarely fly high up the tree. This must be a jungle species that wanders from the nearby palm oil plantation. 
The image above was edited (auto-colour) with Photoshop Version: 2017.1.0

Red Jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)
                                                                    
Original colour from the camera - jumping

Jungle fowl can only fly short distances, about 3-5 meters.