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1781 painting by Maruyama Okyo Adult female head and upper neck Male profile. The green peafowl is a large bird in terms of overall size. The male is 1.8–3 m (5 ft 11 in – 9 ft 10 in) in total length, including its train, which measures 1.4–1.6 m (4 ft 7 in – 5 ft 3 in); the adult female is around half the total length of the breeding male at 1–1.1 m (3 ft 3 in – 3 ft 7 in) in length.
Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female peafowl are referred to as peahens. The two Asiatic species are the blue or Indian peafowl originally from the Indian subcontinent, and the green peafowl from Southeast Asia. The Congo peafowl, native only to the Congo Basin, is not a true peafowl. Male peafowl are known for their piercing ...
Gallus aesculapii, a Late Miocene – Early Pliocene "junglefowl" of Greece, may also have been a peafowl [5] In the Pliocene on the Balkan Peninsula, Bravard's peafowl coexisted with ptarmigans (Lagopus sp.) [6] Peafowl were widespread on the Balkan Peninsula and in Southeastern Europe until the end of the Pliocene. [7]
The others are the green peafowl (Pavo muticus) and the Congo peafowl (Afropavo congesnis). Indian blue peafowl are a native bird of Sri Lanka and India and are also found in the wild in some ...
Gallus varius female. The green junglefowl is endemic to Java, Bali, Lombok, Komodo, Flores, Rinca and small islands linking Java with Flores, Indonesia. It has been introduced to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands where there is a small wild population. It is found from a natural altitude of 0–2000 m in subtropical/tropical lowland moist forest ...
Galliformes (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr m iː z /) is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and others.Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are often reared by humans for their meat and eggs, or hunted as game birds.
Watch the Video. Click here to watch on YouTube. Many animals engage in elaborate mating rituals. For flight-ready birds, these often involve complex dance moves and peacock-like displays of grandeur.
Afropavo (African peafowl) Pavo (Asiatic peafowl) incertae sedis: Polyplectron (peacock-pheasants) incertae sedis: Haematortyx (crimson-headed partridge) incertae sedis: Tropicoperdix; incertae sedis: Galloperdix (Asian spurfowl) Gallini: Bambusicola (bamboo partridges) Gallus (junglefowl, including the domestic chicken) Peliperdix (Latham's ...