Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) ニワトリ
The Chicken varies widely in appearance. This is a white rooster at the Ise Shrine. They are considered a sacred bird and protected. Long ago it is said that the sun goddess Amaterasu hid in a cave and plunged the world into darkness. If it wasn’t for the white rooster crowing, we would be living in a very dark world today. Ise Jingu 2008
Chickens were domesticated from the Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus). Some of the feral Hawaii chickens look much like the Red Junglefowl. Above is a feral Hawaii rooster. Kauai 2004
A feral hen with chicks looks like a Red Junglefowl too. Kauai 2005
The feral Kauai chickens act pretty wild too. Kauai 2007