COMMON PEAFOWL

Pavo cristatus

  • Common name:
    COMMON PEAFOWL

    Scientific name:
    Pavo cristatus

    Class:
    Birds

    Order:
    Galliformi

    Family:
    Fasianidi

    Provenance:
    India – Sri Lanka

    Diet:
    semi – Insects – flowers – berries

    Habitat:
    forests

    Reproduction:
    spawn: 3-6 – Incubation: 28-30 days

  • Native to India, the Indian Peafowl lives in open forests. Nowadays it is widespread. Due to its beauty, it has been introduced into parks and gardens all over the world. The male is unique in its plumage, with iridescent colors and a long tail covered with spots. It is by fanning open its tail that the male persuades the female during courting. The female has a mainly brown plumage. The nest is made in a hollow in the brushwood. The female lays between 3-6 eggs that she nests for 28 to 30 days.
    It lives and nests freely in the trees of our park.