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Partridge are common names for species of wild chickens that live in the forest. In the Java language is called by the name of chicken base, in the language of Madura ajem pedestal, and in English junglefowl, all referring to the place of the wild life and nature.
Variety of types and their distribution, there are four species of jungle fowl that spread from India, Sri Lanka to Southeast Asia including the archipelago. All four species are:

1. Red jungle fowl (Gallus Gallus Red junglefowl)



Chicken-red forest or in the scientific name Gallus Gallus is a kind of medium-sized bird, with a length of about 78cm, from the tribe of Phasianidae. Hens are smaller, with a length of about 46cm. Jungle cock-feathering males have a neck, nape and mantle are long, tapered yellow skin a golden brown with a red face, iris brown, dark green back feathers and the underside of the shiny black body. Toothed comb her head there and "gelambir" red. Its tail is composed of 14 to 16 green metallic black fur, with the middle tail feathers are long and curved downward. Legs gray with a spur. Hen has not "bertaji" feet, feathers are short, dark brown with yellowish stripes and dark spots.

Chicken-red forest is widespread in tropical and lowland forests on the continent of Asia, the Himalayas, southern China, Southeast Asia, up to Sumatra and Java. There are five subspecies are recognized. In Indonesia, subspecies G. g. bankiva found in Java, Bali and Sumatra.

2. Chicken Forest Sri Lanka (Ceylon junglefowl Gallus Lafayetii)


 
3. Grey Forest chicken (Gallus Sonneratii Grey junglefowl)


Gray jungle fowl or Gallus sonneratii is one of four species of pheasant. This chicken-sized, with a length of about 80cm, from the tribe of Phasianidae. Hens are smaller, with a length of about 38cm.
Partridge males have the feathers of the neck, nape and black speckled gray coat and white face with red skin, white patches on the ears, brownish yellow beak, yellow iris, purple-black tail with the middle tail feathers are long and curved downward. The down side of the body white and gray striped legs bright yellow with a reddish spurs. Hen has not bertaji feet, feathers are short, dark brown with feathers like scales brownish white on the bottom side of the body.

Gray partridge and endemic spread in dry tropical forests in India bercuaca the middle, west and south. Hens usually hatch between three to five eggs are white or reddish white incubated by the female parent for approximately three weeks.

4. Forest Green chicken (Gallus varius Green junglefowl)


 Chicken is the name of a type of green forest birds including flocks of the tribe of Phasianidae, the family chicken, quail, peacocks, and sempidan. Partridge is believed to be the ancestors of most domesticated chickens in the archipelago. Chicken is called by various names in various places, such as canghegar or cangehgar (Sd.), chicken base (Jw.), or tarattah ajem Allas (Md.).

Having a scientific name Gallus varius (Shaw, 1798), the chicken is known in English as the Green Junglefowl, Javan Junglefowl, Forktail, or Javanese Junglefowl Green, referring to the color and place of origin.
Birds that are large, the total body length (measured from tip of beak to tip of tail) approximately 60 cm on a rooster, and 42 cm in the females.

Comb on a rooster is not jagged, but the rounded edges; red, with a bluish color in the middle. The feathers on the neck, nape and sparkling green coat with the edge (margin) black, look like fish scales. Closing of the fur hip length tapered golden yellow with a black center. The underside of the black body, and tail glossy greenish black. Hens are smaller, brownish yellow, with stripes and black spots.

Iris red, whitish-gray beak, and feet slightly yellowish or reddish.

Chickens are like open areas and field grass, forest edges and areas with low hills near the coast. Chicken-Green forest known to spread limited to Java and Nusa Tenggara islands, including Bali. In West Java, was recorded live to a height of 1,500 m above sea level, in East Java to 3,000 m above sea level and in Lombok to 2,400 m above sea level.

source:http://dunia-panas.blogspot.com/2010/08/4-ayam-hutan-langka-di-dunia.html