Distribution of jungle fowl

The red jungle fowl has the largest natural range of the 4 species. There is marked geographic variation, especially in male plumage and in division of 5 subspecies. It occurs naturally from Pakistan eastward to china, Hainan and in eastern India, Burma and most of Indo-china and on the islands of Sumatra, java and Bali.

The Grey jungle fowl occurs in western and southern India; it is sympatric with red jungle fowl at boundaries of its range.

The Ceylon jungle fowl is restricted to the island of Srilanka.

The Green jungle fowl is found in Java; it is sympatric with red jungle fowl in Java.