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Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Galliformes
family
Phasianidae
genus
Pavo
species
Pavo cristatus

Distribution

Forests and scrub of e Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka

pathway

cbd_2014_pathway:escape_pet

pathway

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native range

Asia-Tropical

native range

Bangladesh

eunis habitat

Heathland, scrub and tundra habitats (F level 1)

native range

India

native range

Indian Subcontinent

native range

Nepal

ecofunctional group

Omnivorous

native range

Pakistan

eunis habitat

Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I level 1)

native range

Sri Lanka

eunis habitat

Woodland and forest habitats and other wooded land (G level 1)

pathway

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pathway

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Pavo cristatus Linnaeus 1758

Pavo cristatus [spec. nov.]

P. capite crista erecta.

Pavo cauda longa. Fn. svec. 163.

Pavo. Gesn. av. 656. Aldr. orn. l. 13. c. 1. Jonst. av. 56. t. 22. Will. orn. 112. t. 27. Raj. av. 51.

Habitat in India orientali, Zeylona.

Mas remigibus primoribus ferrugineis, ejulans, vindicans, superbus, togam dorsalem gemmantibus ocellis, naturae miraculo pictam erigendamque, tertio anno acquirit, qua nihil pulchrius, sub canicula dejicit. Femina curat pullos in proximas nuptias. Sambuci floribus occiditur.

Distribution

Breeding regions are OR. Breeding subregions are India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Name

Homonyms
Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Blauwe Pauw in Dutch
Common Peafowl in English
Common Peafowl in English
Common peafowl in English
Indian Peafowl in English
Indian Peafowl in English
Indian Peafowl in English
Indian Peafowl in English
Indian Peafowl in English
Indian Peafowl in English
Indian Peafowl in English
Indian peafowl in English
Indian peafowl in English
Indiapåfugl in Norwegian
Makpou in Afrikaans
Paon bleu in French
Pavo real común in Spanish
Pavone indiano in Italian
Pfau in German
Pfau in German
Påfugl in Danish
Påfugl in Danish
common peafowl in English
indiai páva in Hungarian
paprastasis povas in Lithuanian
pavão-azul in Portuguese
paw indyjski in Polish
paó comu in Catalan–Valencian
páv korunkatý in Slovak
páv korunkatý in Czech
påfågel in Swedish
riikinkukko in Finnish
sini-paabulind in Estonian
Индийский павлин in Russian
インドクジャク in Japanese
蓝孔雀 in Chinese
藍孔雀 in Chinese
Blauwe pauw in Dutch
Indian Peafowl in English
Indian Peafowl in English
indiapåfugl in Norwegian Bokmål
Common Peafowl in English
Pea Fowl in English
Peafowl in English
indisk påfugl in Norwegian Bokmål

Bibliographic References

  1. Avibase - the world bird database.
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  3. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  4. Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039.
  5. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  6. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 17 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of fifteen genera of the class Aves, the type species of each of which was determined by Linnean tautonymy (Direction supplementary to Opinion 16).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C.8), 89-112 (1955)
  7. Pyle and Pyle (2017), http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/birds/rlp-monograph/PrimaryChecklist.htm
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