Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for their eggs, meat, feathers, or for Landscaping.
Bird |
Wild ancestor |
Location |
Utilization |
Picture |
Chicken | Red junglefowl | Southeast Asia | MeatFeathers
Eggs Ornamentation Leather |
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Duck | Muscovy duck Mallard |
NA |
Meat Feathers Eggs |
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Emu | Emu | NA |
Meat Leather Oil |
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Egyptian goose | Egyptian goose | Egypt |
Meat Feathers Eggs Ornamentation |
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Goose | Greylag goose Swan goose |
NA |
Meat Feathers Eggs |
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Indian peafowl | Indian peafowl | NA |
Meat Feathers Ornamentation Landscaping |
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Mute swan | Mute swan | NA |
Feathers Eggs Landscaping |
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Ostrich | Ostrich | NA |
Meat Eggs Feathers Leather |
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Partridge | Red legged partridge Chukar partridge Grey partridge |
France Afghanistan United Kingdom |
Meat Eggs Feathers Pets |
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Small-billed tinamou | Small-billed tinamou | South America | MeatEggs | ![]() |
Pigeon | Rock dove | Middle East | MeatFeathers Ornamentation | ![]() |
Quail | Japanese quail Northern bobwhite Common quail |
Japan Virginia Europe |
MeatEggs
Feathers Pets |
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Turkey | Wild turkey | Mexico | MeatFeathers | ![]() |
Edible-nest swiftlet | Edible-nest swiftlet | Indonesia Malaysia |
Nests | ![]() |
Grey francolin | Grey francolin | India Pakistan |
MeatFighting
Pets |
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Guineafowl | Helmeted guineafowl | Africa | Meat Pest ConsumptionAlarm Calling |
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Common pheasant | Common pheasant | Eurasia | Meat | ![]() |
Golden pheasant | Golden pheasant | Eurasia | MeatMainly
Ornamental |
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Greater rhea | Greater rhea | South America |
Meat Leather Oil Eggs |
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