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Life, Habitat & Pictures of the Common Peafowl
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Family
Latin Name
84" 213.4cm
90" 228.6cm
12 lbs. 5.4kg
Phasianidae
Pavo cristatus
Summer
Year Around
Winter
The Common Peafowl, also known as the Indian Peafowl, is originally a native game bird from India. The males are called peacocks and the females
are called peahens. These birds have become domesticated peafowl and are seen throughout the world today in zoos, city parks or bird nature centres.
Avibase - the world bird database This site provides the user
with a complete list of bird species, broken down per country, or in the example of the US or Canada, per state and province. Here, bird species names are
available in other languages, a great asset to be used as a translation of foreign bird names.
ABA - American Birding Association This site represents an organization that maintains
official records of all birds species that have been proven to have been seen inside the perimeters of the North American Continent and the surrounding bodies of
water. Regular revised versions are posted to keep the bird list current at all times. This is the list used by all serious birders over their lifetime. You may be
aware of the movie called the "Big Year". It was with this list that all the competing birders used in an attempt to set a new record as to how many bird species
that could be seen by an individual birder in one calendar year.
I hope you will take advantage of these suggested websites. I have used each of them, in one way or another, throughout the years in my quest to better identify
and understand our fine feathered friends.
