Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
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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