Red-Breasted Fowl

A red-breasted fowl (Rubopectornis tennesseii) is a species of domestic chicken-sized gamebird native throughout the swamps, subtropical rainforests, forests, and grasslands across Eastern North America, but these birds have since spread naturally to Western North America due to human activities, while they also are adapting to life in the cities and suburbs. They fill the similar ecological niche to junglefowls of Asia (the wild ancestors of domestic chickens), they are social omnivores and can live in flocks up to about 30 at a time and they feed mainly on seeds, wheat, insects, worms, and small vertebrates. The conservation status of red-breasted fowls is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the birds' tolerance to human activities, and their resistance to otherwise deadly diseases and viruses, including West Nile viruses.