INDIAN PEAFOWL

CLASSIFICATION
The Indian peafowl has other names: common peafowl, peacock, and peahen. Peacock refers to the male, the female called a peahen, and the young are peachicks.The term peafowl can refer to the two species of bird in the genus Pave of the pheasant family.

DISTRIBUTION
India and Sri Lanka
Introduced in many parts of the world

DESCRIPTION
MALE: Brilliant blue head and body.
Its ‘Train’ consists of abnormally long upper tail-coverts: glossy dark blue-green with many golden blue ‘eyes.
Raised fan-like and concave in display, supported by the short refocus tail
feathers.
FEMALE: Grey-brown above
Whitish below, patterned on breast
Lacks ‘train’

SIZE RANGE
Male: 2-2.3m, include ‘train’.
Female: 1m.

VOICE
Loud.
Discordant.
Descending wail or crow, sounding like ‘help
.
HABITATS
Singles, pairs or parties.
coastal scrubs, private and public gardens, sanctuaries, homesteads.

MOVEMENT
Flies heavily aloft to roost.
noisy.

FEEDING HABITS
Feeds on ground.

BREEDING HABITS
Eggs: 3-5
Brownish buff.