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What is the difference between the Indian Peafowl and the Green Peafowl?
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The Indian Peacock is has a royal blue neck and breast. It's facial skin is white and it's crest is fan shaped.
The Green Peacock has dark bluish-green neck and breast. It's facial skin is blue and yellow and it's crest is arranged in a clump, unlike the linear fan shape of that of the Indian Peacock.
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Are there three kinds of peafowl?
indian,green,and congo
What is scientific name of peacock bird?
There are two species of peafowl. There is the Pavo cristatus commonly known as the Indian or Blue Peafowl, and there is the Pavo muticus commonly known as the Green Peafowl. The species that most people are familiar with is the Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus.)
What country did the peacock come from?
2 species of Peacock or also know as Peafowl are from:The Indian Peafowl is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent. The peacock is designated as the national bird of India. The Green Peafowl breeds from Burma east toJava.
Why is the green peafowl endangered?
There are two species of peafowl. The Indian blue, which is not endangered, and the green, which is endangered, found from Burma to Java.
What is the scientific name for peafowls?
Genus & species of Peafowl are Pavo cristus. They are of the family Phasiandae of the order Galiformes.
Where do peacocks live in the world?
The Indian Peafowl is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent. The peacock is designated as the national bird of India and the provincial bird of the Punjab (India).The Green Peafowl breeds from Burma east to Java. The IUCN lists the Green Peafowl as vulnerable to extinction due to hunting and a reduction in extent and quality of habitat.
When did peacocks become endangered?
Since about 1960The Indian peafowl is not an endangered species, listed as "Least Concern" by the IUCN. The green peafowl of southeast Asia is however, endangered.
What are three close relatives of the peacock?
A peacock is a male peafowl. There are two different species in the genus Pavo: Indian Peafowl & Green Peafowl. There is also a different peafowl called the Congo peafowl which is in a separate genus Afropavo. If you want to know the relatives of peafowl, look it up in a book or on the internet and not just by asking a question.
Scientific name of the peacock butterfly?
The Indian Peacock: Pavo cristatus; The Green Peacock: Pavo muticus; and the Congo Peacock, Afropavo congensisThe Indian peacock is bright blue blue, the green peacock is bright green, and the congo peacock is dark green.
Are peahens endangered?
Peahens are simply the female peafowl, so no, peahens are not endangered. Of the three types of peafowl, the Green Peafowl is an endangered species while the Congo Peafowl is listed as Vulnerable. Indian Peafowl, which are the bird most people think of when the term "peacock" is mentioned, have a conservation status of Least Concern.
How many green peafowl are in the world?
46000
What continent do peacocks live in?
Indian Peafowl is found in dry grasslands, scrub and deciduous forests in in India and Sri Lanka. Green Peafowl is a forest bird, found in Indo-China and Java, Indonesia. Congo Peafowl is endemic to lowland rain forest of Congo River Basin in central Democratic Republic of the Congo.
