Indian Peafowl

Latin Name: 
Pavo cristatus
Size: 
110cm including full tail , Female: 85cm
Description: 

Glistening blue neck and breast; wire-like crest and very long tail distinctive. Female  lacks blue neck and breast; browner plumage; lacks the long train. Familiar bird of India; solitary or in small parties, several feales with one or more males; waryin the forested parts, rather tame and confiding in many parts of W
and C India around human habitation; ever-alert, gifted with keen eyesight and hearing. National bird of India. Tail feathers often illegally sold to tourists

Habitat: 
forest, neighbourhood of villages and cultivated country.
Food: 
seeds, berries, shoots and tubers, insects, lizards, small snakes, worms.
Distribution: 
ll subcontinent bar Pakistan, up to about 2,000 m in Himalayas.
Call: 
Call Description: 
loud may-yow calls at dawn and dusk; also loud nasal calls and cackles; very noisy during the rains, when breeding.
National Status: