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The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), also known as the common peafowl or blue peafowl, is a peafowl species native to the Indian subcontinent. While it originated in the Indian subcontinent, it has since been introduced to many other parts of the world.
Peafowl eggs Peachick Head of adult peacock A female peafowl, or peahen, walking freely around a zoo Video analysis of the mechanisms behind the display. The Indian peacock (Pavo cristatus) has iridescent blue and green plumage, mostly metal-like blue and green.
The genus Pavo was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. [1] The genus name is the Latin word for a peacock. [2] The type species is the Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus). [3]
Many male birds have brightly coloured plumage for display. This feather is from a male Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus. Sexual display by a Megaselia female.. Display behaviour is a set of ritualized behaviours that enable an animal to communicate to other animals (typically of the same species) about specific stimuli. [1]
Pavo cristatus: Pavo cristatus singhalensis: Resident ... drab, running birds which resemble the true quails. The female is the brighter of the sexes and initiates ...
Indian peafowl, Pavo cristatus (I) Brown quail, Synoicus ypsilophora (A) ... The female is the brighter of the sexes and initiates courtship. The male incubates the ...
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Українська: Білий павич (Pavo cristatus mut. alba), в парку Паломітос (Palmitos Park), Ґран Канарія, Іспанія. Quality image This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons ( Featured pictures ) and is considered one of the finest images.