Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

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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

cbd_2014_pathway:escape_zoo

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

cbd_2014_pathway:escape_pet

pathway

cbd_2014_pathway:escape_zoo

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

Avibase - the world bird database.
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.
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.
Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039.
Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
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)
Pyle and Pyle (2017), http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/birds/rlp-monograph/PrimaryChecklist.htm