Jungle Rooster
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
Jungle Rooster
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
I came across this rooster in the Kuala Lumpar Bird and Butterfly Park in Malaysia last year. A rooster also known as a cockerel or cock is a male gallinaceous bird, usually a male chicken (Gallus gallus).
Mature male chickens less than one year old are called cockerels. The term "rooster" originates in the United States, and the term is widely used throughout North America, as well as Australia and New Zealand.The older terms "cock" or "cockerel", the latter denoting a young cock, are used in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
"Roosting" is the action of perching aloft to sleep at day, which is done by both sexes. The rooster is polygamous, but cannot guard several nests of eggs at once. He guards the general area where his hens are nesting, and will attack other roosters that enter his territory. During the daytime, a rooster will often sit on a high perch, usually 0.9 to 1.5 m (3 to 5 feet) off the ground, to serve as a lookout for his group. He will sound a distinctive alarm call if predators are nearby.
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October 28th, 2014
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