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The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), also known as the common peafowl, and blue peafowl, is a peafowl species native to the Indian subcontinent. It has been introduced to many other countries.
Scientific Name : Pavo Cristatus
Family : Phasianidae
Order : Galliformes
Class : Aves
Type : Pheasants And Allies
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 100 - 115 cm
Compare Size : Kite ++
Wingspan : Females : 80 - 130 cm, Males, : 130 - 160 cm
Weight : 4000 – 6000 g
Migratory : Resident
Sex Alike : No
Nesting Season : In southern India is April to May; In northern India June
Other Names :
English : Common Peafowl, Blue Peafowl, Blue Peacock, Peacock
Hindi : मोर
Marathi : मोर
Habitat:
It is found in moist and dry-deciduous forests, but can adapt to live in cultivated regions and around human habitations and is usually found where water is available
Breeding:
4–8 fawn to buff white eggs
Feeding:
omnivorous and eat seeds, insects, fruits, small mammals and reptiles including small snake
| Male | |
|---|---|
| Crown | metallic-blue |
| Head | feathers of the head are short and curled; white stripe above the eye and a crescent shaped white patch below the eye are formed by bare white skin; sides of the head have iridescent greenish-blue feathers |
| Crest | fan-shaped; made of feathers with bare black shafts and tipped with bluish-green webbing |
| Wing | most of the wing feathers are buff and barred in black |
| Primaries | chestnut |
| Secondaries | black |
| Tail | dark-brown |
| Uppertail Converts | more than 200 feathers making a train of feathers; feathers have elongated shafts ending with an elaborate eye-spot. A few of the outer feathers lack the spot and end in a crescent shaped black tip. The feathers are shed during non-mating period |
| Underparts | dark glossy-green shading into blackish towards the tail |
| Thigh | buff |
| Scapulars | buff and barred in black |
| Back | scaly bronze-green feathers with black and copper colour markings |
| Female | |
|---|---|
| Head | rufous-brown |
| Crest | simillar to mail but tips are chestnut edged with green |
| Upperparts | brownish |
| Primaries | dark-brown |
| Secondaries | dark-brown |
| Tail | dark-brown |
| Neck | metallic-green |
| Breast | dark-brown glossed with green |
| Belly | whitish |
| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
| 01 Feb 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
