Pavo cristatus (Indian Peafowl) - Sikkim Bird

 Pavo cristatus (Indian Peafowl)
Place : Dalapchand, Rongli, East Sikkim

Date: March 18,  2010
Pic: Krishna Dahal

                                                                            Kumrek, 2021

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:         Chordata

Class:         Aves

Order: Galiformes

Family:         Phasianidae

Genus:         Pavo

Species:         P. cristatus

Binomial name: Pavo cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

 

Other Names: Common Peafowl or Indian Peafowl or Bluefowl