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The bird featured in the video, and the one that most people think of when they picture a peacock, is an Indian blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) although they are commonly called simply Indian ...
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills that are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. Forty-four species have been recorded in Michigan.
A peacock spreading his tail, displaying his plumage Peahen. Peafowl is a common name for two bird species of the genus Pavo and one species of the closely related genus Afropavo within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae (the pheasants and their allies). Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female peafowl are referred to as ...
Afropavo Chapin, 1936 (African peafowl) Pavo Linnaeus, 1758 (Asiatic peafowl) Polyplectron Temminck, 1807 (peacock-pheasants) Galloperdix Blyth, 1845 (Indian spurfowls) Tropicoperdix Blyth, 1859 (chestnut-necklaced and green-legged partridges) Haematortyx Sharpe, 1879 (crimson-headed partridge) Tribe Gallini. Bambusicola Gould, 1863 (bamboo ...
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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]
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[12] [13] A male peafowl or peacock is a larger sized bird with an average bill to tail length of 100–120 cm (40–46 in) and as much as 200–230 cm (78–90 in) to the end of a fully grown train. It weighs 4.1–5.2 kg (9–11.5 lb) and is amongst the heaviest birds in Phasianidae .