Field record
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
- Location
- Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
- Coordinates
- 6.37° N · 81.52° E
Field guideLeast Concern
The male fans and rattles his iridescent train in a shimmering courtship display, the eyespots reflecting ultraviolet light that peahens use to judge a mate.
- Family
- Phasianidae (pheasants and allies)
- Length
- 100–115 cm (body; the male’s train adds up to another metre)
- Wingspan
- 120–160 cm
- Diet
- Omnivorous (seeds, insects, and small reptiles and amphibians)
- Range
- Native to the Indian subcontinent (India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal; widely introduced elsewhere)