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Green Peafowl

Pavo muticus

Range & Recent Observations

Green Peafowlis a year-round resident and doesn't follow a migration flyway. See the Range tab for where it lives.

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About the Green Peafowl

The green peafowl (Pavo muticus) is a peafowl species native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia and Southern China. It is the national bird of Myanmar. Formerly common throughout Southeast Asia, only a few isolated populations survive in Cambodia and adjacent areas of Vietnam. It has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2009. This is primarily due to widespread deforestation, agriculture and loss of suitable habitat, severely fragmenting populations and contributing to an overall decline in numbers. The green peafowl is in demand for private and home aviculture and threatened by the pet trade, feather collectors and hunters for meat and targeted.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name
Pavo muticus
Family
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
Order
Galliformes

Similar species

Other members of the pheasants, grouse, and allies family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

  • Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
  • Blue-breasted Quail Synoicus chinensis
  • Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
  • Chukar Alectoris chukar
  • Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
  • Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus
  • Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii
  • Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
  • Gray Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
  • Gray Partridge Perdix perdix
  • Gray Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum
  • Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido

Know when the Green Peafowl turns up near you

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