Onagadori
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| Conservation status | endangered[1]: 152 |
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| Use | exhibition |
| Traits | |
| Comb type | single |
| Classification | |
| EE | yes[2] |
| PCGB | yes |
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The Onagadori (Japanese: 尾長鶏, "long-tailed chicken") is a historic Japanese breed of chicken, characterised by an exceptionally long tail. It was bred in the seventeenth century in Kōchi Prefecture, on Shikoku island in southern Japan, and was designated a Japanese National Natural Treasure in 1952. It is one of the ancestors of the German Phoenix breed.[3]
The Onagadori was bred in the seventeenth century in Tosa Province, the area that is now Kōchi Prefecture, on Shikoku island in the south-eastern part of the country. It is reared only in that area,[4]: 329 mainly in Nankoku.[5]: 989 It is believed to have derived from other long-tailed Japanese breeds including the Shokoku, the Totenko and perhaps the Minohiki.[3]
The Onagadori was designated a Special Natural Treasure in 1952.[5]: 989 Of the seventeen chicken breeds considered Japanese national treasures, it is the only one to have "special" status.[6]: 11 [7]: 91
In 2007 the conservation status of the breed, as reported to the FAO, was "endangered".[1]: 152 In Japan, approximately 250 of the birds are kept by about a dozen breeders.[5]: 989
