The Ceylon Junglefowl differ in coloration between the sexes. Male Ceylon Junglefowl are about 70 cm long and females are half this size. The male is more striking than the female with a bright-red, featherless face and wattles. Ceylon Junglefowl have reddish-orange legs. The head is topped with a comb, which may be slightly jagged and has a spot of bright yellow. The comb shrinks in summer. Also yellow are the hackles, accented by a shaft of brown-black color. These will molt. Most of the Ceylon Junglefowl?s body is a shiny blackish-purple, except for the mantle, breast and outerwing feathers, which have orange borders and black-brown interiors. On the Ceylon Junglefowl?s saddle and back, the feathers are also bordered in orange. The female Ceylon Junglefowl has feathers on her face, which are brown and very small. She has no wattles and her comb is tiny, just a purplish-black lump behind her beak. Her legs are red-orange, like the males, but the majority of her body is covered in brown feathers. Her hackles are characterized by small black patches with yellow accents. On her brown upper breast, Ceylons have a large tan or cream central lanceolate. The feathers of the lower breast are typically white with black or brown feathers interspersed. The Ceylon Junglefowl has tan or cream stripes, which alternate with black stripes over her wings.
