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SpeciesGalliformesPhasianidae
Birds

🐔Congo Peafowl

Afropavo congensis Chapin, 1936

Páv konžský (Afropavo congensis) je hrabavý pták žijící v pralesích Konžské pánve. Patří do monotypického rodu Afropavo, který se od svých nejbližších příbuzných oddělil již na konci miocénu.

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≈ 1/49th of your weight
Also called
Congo Peacock
Conservation status
NTNear threatened

IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
1.27 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Congo Peafowl

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
1.27 kg
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Tail length
0.16 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.3 m
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Beak length
0.04 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.1 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Trophic level
Omnivore
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Forest
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Terrestrial
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
1.3 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderGalliformes
  5. ›familyPhasianidae
  6. ›genusAfropavo
  7. ›speciesAfropavo congensis
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. superorderGalloanserae
  3. orderGamebirds · Galliformes
  4. genusAfropavo
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. superorderGalloanserae
  11. orderGamebirds · Galliformes
  12. genusAfropavo
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In other languages
paó del Congo (ca), páv konžský (cs), Congopåfugl (da), Kongopfau (de), Afropavo congensis (es), kongonriikinkukko (fi) … and 27 more languages
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