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Bookmark or Share- Peacock | Facts & Habitat | BritannicaStrictly, the male is a peacock, and the female is a peahen; both are peafowl. The two most-recognizable species of peafowl are the blue, or Indian, peacock (Pavo cristatus), of India and Sri Lanka, and the green, or Javanese, peacock (P. muticus), found from Myanmar (Burma) to Java.
- Common peafowl | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation ...Native Habitat. Peafowl are native to Sri Lanka and India, where they are the national bird. They live in open forests near streams, and are also found in cultivated areas and around Buddhist and Hindu temples. Phoenicians first brought peafowl from India to what is now Syria and Egypt about 3,000 years ago. About 600 years later, Alexander the ...
- Peafowl - WikipediaPeafowl 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 . The two Asiatic species are the blue or Indian ...
- Peacock Fact Sheet | Blog | Nature | PBSPeacock (or peafowl): any of three species of birds of the pheasant family Phasianidae. AKA: The male is a peacock, the female is a peahen and the babies are peachicks. All are peafowl. There are ...
- Pavo (bird) - WikipediaPavo cristatus ( Indian peafowl) Linnaeus, 1758. Species. Pavo cristatus. Pavo muticus. A white peafowl. Pavo is a genus of two species in the pheasant family. The two species, along with the Congo peafowl, are known as peafowl .
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