What is Congo peafowl?
{{speciesbox | name = Congo peafowl | image = Afropavo congensis -Antwerp Zoo -pair-8a.jpg | image_caption = A pair (male left, female right) at [[Antwerp Zoo]] | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn |publisher=[[IUCN]] |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Afropavo congensis'' |page=e.T22679430A92814166 |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22679430/92814166 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679430A92814166.en}}</ref> | genus = Afropavo | parent_authority = [[James Paul Chapin|Chapin]], 1936 | species = congensis | authority = [[James Chapin|Chapin]], 1936 }} The '''Congo peafowl''' (''Afropavo congensis''), known locally as the '''''mbulu''''', is a [[species]] of [[peafowl]]. It is native to the [[Congo Basin]].<ref name = dowsett>Dowsett R.J. & Forbes-Watson A.D. 1993. ''Checklist of birds of the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions''. Tauraco Press.</ref> It is one of three living species of peafowl, the other two being the [[Indian peafowl]] (originally of India and Sri Lanka) and the [[green peafowl]] (native to [[Burma]] and [[Indochina]]). The Congo peacock has physical characteristics of both the peafowl and the [[guineafowl]], which may indicate that the Congo peacock is a link between the two families.<ref name=waza>{{cite web|title=Congo Peafowl|url=http://www.waza.org/en/zoo/choose-a-species/birds/pheasants-grouse-chickens-quails-and-relatives-galliformes/afropavo-congensis|publisher=World Association of Zoos and Aquariums|access-date=4 March 2014|archive-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706082828/http://www.waza.org/en/zoo/choose-a-species/birds/pheasants-grouse-chickens-quails-and-relatives-galliformes/afropavo-congensis|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Phasianidae]] [[Category:Birds of Africa]]