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Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatus · Family Phasianidae
Pavo cristatus
Family Phasianidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 669,126
- Countries and territories with records
- 149
About this species
This species has 669,126 occurrence records from 149 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (78.5%), the United States (9.9%), Sri Lanka (4.1%), Australia (1.4%) and South Africa (1.1%); together they account for 94.9% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.85% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Pavo cristatus combines the genus name Pavo with the species epithet cristatus. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Pavo: Pavo muticus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 164 species of the family Phasianidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Phasianus colchicus. Its record count is 8 times the family average (83,905). The family Phasianidae belongs to the order Galliformes, which has 278 species in the Warbla app catalog.