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Peacocks are easily recognized by their brilliant
plummage. Peafowl are colorful pheasants.
Peacock Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Phasianinae
Genus: Pavo
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Other Names: Peafowl, Peacock, Peahen,
Peachicks
Peacock in Foreign Languages:
Albanian: palloi
Arabic: Taawuus
Armenian: siramarg
Basque: pauma
Belarusian: paulín
Bosnian: paun
Breton: paun
Bulgarian: paún
Catalan: paó
Chinese Mandarin: kongquè
Croatian: paun
Czech: páv
Danish: påfugl
Dutch: pauw
Esperanto: pavo
Estonian: paabulind
Faroese: páfuglur
Finnish: riikinkukko (
French: paon / paonne
Friulian: pavon
Galician: pavo real / pavón
Georgian: p'arševangi
German: Pfau
Hawaiian: pikake
Hebrew: tavás
Hindi: mor
Hungarian: páva
Icelandic: páfugl
Ido: pavono
Indonesian: merak jantan
Irish: péacóg
Italian: pavone
Korean: gong-jak
Ladin: pavon
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Latvian: pavs
Lithuanian: povas
Lower Sorbian: paw
Luxembourgish: Pohunn
Malay: merak
Maltese: pagun
Manx: peacock
Norwegian: påfugl
Occitan: pavon
Persian: tâvus
Polish: paw
Portuguese: pavão real,
pavão
Roman: paun
Romanian: paun
Russian: pavlín
Sardinian: baboni, pavone, pavoni,
paoni, poni
Scottish Gaelic: peucag
Slovak: páv
Slovene: pav
Spanish: pavo real
Swahili: tausi
Swedish: påfågel
Turkish: tavuskusu
Ukrainian: pavyc
Upper Sorbian: paw
Uzbek: tovuq
Vietnamese: chim công
Welsh: paun
West Frisian: pau
Yiddish: pave
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Peacock
Conservation Status:
Not Available
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Species: There are three species of peafowls.
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Peafowl Species:
Indian Peafowl - Pavo cristatus
Green Peafowl - Pavo muticus
Congo Peafowl - Afropavo congensis.
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Size: Peafowls weigh 8.75 to 13 lbs. Peafowls
measure 35 to 50 inches in length and can males can
have a train that measures up to five feet.
Habitat: Peafowl are forest birds that nest
on the ground, but will roost in trees. Peafowl are
found in India,Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia,
central Africa, Burma, Japan and England.
Description: Peacocks are known for their brilliantly
colored trains. A peacocks train measures more than
60% of the bird’s total body length. Only male peafowls
have a train, the train is used to attract their mates.
Diet: Peafowls eat insects, plants, flower petals,
seed heads, arthropods, snakes, and small creatures.
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Communication: Peafowl communicate with
very high-pitched cries.
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Did You Know?
The word peacock is commonly used to
refer to birds of both sexes. Technically,
only males are peacocks. Females are
peahens, and together, they are called
peafowl. Baby peafowl are peachicks.
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Incubation: A peahen will incubate eggs for
approximately 28 days.
Birth: Female peahens will lay 3 to 5 eggs.
Sexually Mature: Females are thought to be attracted
to male peafowls because of their bright colored feathers
and trains. Male peacocks will attract a harem of 3-5
peahens. Peafowls are sexually mature between 8 to 10
months of age.
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Life Span: Peacocks live approximately
20 years in the wild.
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Did You Know?
A peafowls train feathers will grow
several feet in length, but they will
shed each year after breeding season.
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