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Genus Pavo – Linnaeus, 1758 – two species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Indian peafowl Male Female Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758: South Asia; introduced elsewhere: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Green peafowl Male Female Pavo muticus Linnaeus, 1766
The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), also known as the common peafowl or blue peafowl, is a peafowl species native to the Indian subcontinent.While it originated in the Indian subcontinent, it has since been introduced to many other parts of the world.
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 peahens.
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.
Pavo cristatus: Pavo cristatus singhalensis: Resident Least concern Sri Lanka spurfowl. Galloperdix bicalcarata: Endemic Least concern Blue-breasted quail. Coturnix chinensis: Coturnix chinensis chinensis: Least concern Common quail. Coturnix coturnix: Least concern (A) Rain quail. Coturnix coromandelica: Francolinus pondicerianus pondicerianus ...
Pavonini is a tribe of bird in the subfamily Phasianinae.Members of this family are primarily found in tropical Asia, along with one species in the Congo Rainforest in Africa.
Indian (Pavo cristatus) and green peafowl (P. muticus) 500 BCE (uncertain for P. muticus) India, Java: meat, feathers, ornamental, guarding, pest control, pets Fairly common in the wild 2b Galliformes: Common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) kept in ancient Greece, date of captive breeding uncertain Greece: pets, talking bird 2d Passeriformes
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