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Domesticated birds raised for meat, eggs or fibre: chickens and their named breeds, ducks and their named breeds, geese, turkeys, the domestic pigeon, helmeted guinea fowl and Japanese quail. This grouping matches FAO own Poultry species class directly, which already spans exactly this set of domestic fowl rather than splitting each bird family into its own heading. Belongs here: any domesticated bird species or named breed farmed for meat, eggs or down. Does not belong here: the western honey bee or the silkworms, farmed insects rather than birds, held under Minor and Specialty Livestock Species.

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Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of harvesting animal products such as meat, eggs or feathers.
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