Peafowl
Pavo
The peafowl include three species of birds in the genera Pavo and Afropavo of the Phasianidae family, the pheasants and their allies. There are two Asiatic species: the blue or Indian peafowl originally of India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan; and the green peafowl of Myanmar, Indochina, and Java; and one African species, the Congo peafowl, native only to the Congo Basin. Male peafowl are known for their piercing call and their extravagant plumage. The latter is...
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
Indian Peafowl
speciesPavo cristatus
Green Peafowl
speciesPavo muticus
Spalding Peafowl
hybridPavo cristatus × muticus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Of the Eggs and Nests of Birds
Giuseppe Zinanni (Ginanni) (1692-1753) · 1737 · p.43
Of the Eggs and Nests of Birds
Giuseppe Zinanni (Ginanni) (1692-1753) · 1737 · p.43
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.637
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.650
Noah's Ark
Athanasius Kircher · 1675 · p.129
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.323
Garden of Malabar, Vol. 2 (Hortus Indicus Malabaricus)
Hendrik van Rheede · 1683 · p.212
A key to physic, and the occult sciences
Sibly, Ebenezer · 1810 · p.604
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1199.