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{{Speciesbox
| name = Sri Lankan junglefowl
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{Cite iucn | author = BirdLife International | title = ''Gallus lafayettii'' | volume = 2016 | page = e.T22679209A92807515 | date = 2016 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679209A92807515.en }}</ref>
| image = Flickr - Rainbirder - Ceylon Junglefowl (Gallus lafayetii) Male.jpg
| image_caption = Male in [[Sinharaja Forest Reserve]], Sri Lanka
| genus = Gallus
| species = lafayettii
| authority = [[René-Primevère Lesson|Lesson]], 1831
| range_map = Gallus lfeyetii map.jpg
| range_map_caption = Range
}}
[[File:Gallus lafayettii MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.9.31.jpg|thumb| ''Gallus lafayettii'' - [[MHNT]]]]
The '''Sri Lankan junglefowl''' (''Gallus lafayettii''), also known as the '''Ceylon junglefowl''', or the '''Lafayette's junglefowl'''  is a member of the  [[Galliformes]] bird order which is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[Sri Lanka]], where it is the [[National birds|National bird]].
 
== References ==
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[[Category:Birds of Asia]]
[[Category:National symbols of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Phasianidae]]

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Sri Lankan junglefowl
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Male in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka
Scientific classification edit
: [[Template:Taxonomy/Gallus]]
Species:
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/GallusGallus lafayettii
Lesson, 1831
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Range
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Gallus lafayettii - MHNT

The Sri Lankan junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii), also known as the Ceylon junglefowl, or the Lafayette's junglefowl is a member of the Galliformes bird order which is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is the National bird.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Gallus lafayettii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679209A92807515. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679209A92807515.en.