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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 ...
They range in weight from 43 g (1.5 oz) in the case of the king quail to 6 kg (13 lb) in the case of the Indian peafowl. If turkeys are included, rather than classified as a separate family, then the considerably heavier wild turkey capably reaches a maximum weight of more than 17 kg (37 lb).
'Peafowl also known as peacock is the national bird of India. 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 ...
The Congo peafowl is an omnivore with a diet consisting mainly of fruits and insects. In Salonga National Park , its diet includes fruits from Allanblackia floribunda , junglesop , Canarium schweinfurthii , oil palm , Klainedoxa gabonensis , African breadfruit , and Xylopia aethiopica and a multitude of insects, spiders, mollusks and worms.
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.
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Kristen, Mya's mom, shared a video on Friday, December 6th of the bird “flying”. Mya can’t fly the way birds normally fly because of her missing wing and toes, so her mom helps her.
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.