🐔Indian Peafowl
Påfuglen (Pavo cristatus) er en fasanfugl. Fuglen yngler i Indien, Pakistan og Sri Lanka, men er indført og udsat mange steder i verden. I Danmark fik et par fritgående påfugle på Sejerø deres første kuld kyllinger i foråret 1982, og der er nu en fast bestand på øen. Den lever i skove, hvor den bygger reder på jorden. Hunnen lægger 4-8 æg. Påfuglen lever hovedsageligt af frø, men også af og til insekter og frugt. Arten er mest kendt for hannens storslåede hale, et resultat af seksuel udvælgelse. Påfuglen er Indiens og Pakistans nationalfugl.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 4.15 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 23 years
Everything we know about the Indian Peafowl
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass4.15 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 4.2 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.4 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.45 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.05 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.13 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan23 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation29 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 5AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelOmnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatForestAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l4.2 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Indian Peafowl yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderGalliformes
- ›familyPhasianidae
- ›genusPavo
- ›speciesPavo cristatus
- classBirds · Aves
- superorderGalloanserae
- orderGamebirds · Galliformes
- genusPavo
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- superorderGalloanserae
- orderGamebirds · Galliformes
- genusPavo
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