Asia Birds · April

Indian Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

India’s national bird — iridescent train in full display.

At a glance

HabitatForest edges, farmland, villages, parks

DietSeeds, fruits, insects, small reptiles

RangeIndian subcontinent; feral worldwide

Coloring posepeacock with full train fanned display

Hear this bird

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Mating / display: No separately labeled courtship recording was found on primary sources for this species — use the general calls page.

Listen on Xeno-canto Wikipedia overview

How to know it

Train of elongated upper-tail coverts with eyespots
Blue neck (peacock), brown cryptically patterned peahen
Loud kee-ow calls

Fun facts

Train is not the true tail — it’s upper-tail coverts
Displays with shimmering shaking of the train
Sacred in many South Asian traditions

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