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Indian peafowl

Pavo cristatus

हिन्दी: मोर

IUCN: Least Concern
A peacock with its tail fanned out in a green clearing among trees

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Jhalana, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

A peacock with a bright blue neck standing among green garden shrubs

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Nemi Nagar Extension, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Pavo cristatus
Hindi name
मोर
Family
Phasianidae, order Galliformes
Group
Bird
Conservation status
Least Concern

India's dancing jewel.

  • Spot it Blue neck and a fan of eyed feathers on males; brown females.
  • Home Scrub, fields and villages.
  • Food web Eats seeds, insects and small snakes.
  • Why it matters Eats insects and small snakes, controlling pests, and spreads seeds in its droppings.

Read more: Indian peafowl on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • JaipurDevendra Bhardwaj photographed a peacock with its tail fanned at Jhalana, Jaipur, in August 2011 and noted it as the breeding season.[20]
  • JaipurHe photographed another peacock among garden shrubs in his neighbourhood, Nemi Nagar Extension, Jaipur, in March 2021.[20]
  • JaipurHis iNaturalist account holds four verified peafowl records, at Nahargarh Biological Park, Jhalana, Smriti Van and his neighbourhood, all in Jaipur.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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