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These are large birds, with colourful [[Feather|plumage]] in males, but are nevertheless difficult to see in the dense vegetation they inhabit.
As with many birds in the [[Phasianidae|pheasant family]], the male takes no part in the incubation of the egg or rearing of the [[precocial]] young. These duties are performed by the drab and well-[[camouflage]]d female. Females and males do not form [[pair bond]]s; instead, the species has a polygynandrous [[mating system]] in which each female will usually mate with several males. Aggressive social hierarchies exist among both females and males, from which the term "pecking order"
The junglefowl are omnivorous, eating a variety of leaves, plant matter, invertebrates such as slugs and insects, and occasionally small mice and frogs.
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