🐔Indian Peafowl
Paw indyjski, paw niebieski, paw zwyczajny (Pavo cristatus) – gatunek dużego ptaka grzebiącego z rodziny kurowatych (Phasianidae). W naturze występuje na subkontynencie indyjskim, został introdukowany również w inne miejsca na świecie. Jako ptak hodowlany często spotykany w kolekcjach na całym świecie. W hinduizmie jest świętym ptakiem. Gatunek monotypowy.
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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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