What is Blue peafowl?
{{taxobox | name = Blue peafowl | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | image = National_bird_-_Peacock.jpg | image_caption = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Galliformes]] | familia = [[Phasianidae]] | genus = ''[[Pavo (genus)|Pavo]]'' | binomial = ''Pavo cristatus'' | binomial_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758 }} [[File:Pavo cristatus MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.10.4.jpg|thumb| ''Pavo cristatus'']] The '''blue peafowl''' or '''Indian peafowl''' (''Pavo cristatus'') is a bird native to the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>[http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=A8C34DC9655204ED ''Avibase'' - the world bird database]</ref> There is a noticeable sexual dimorphism in the Indian peafowl. Best renowned for their lengthy train, the vividly colored male features a blue head with a fan-shaped crest. Long upper-tail covert feathers with colorful eyespots make up the train. During courtship, these rigid feathers are lifted into a fan and trembled in a show. The peahen lacks the ornate train and is primarily brown in color, with a white face and an iridescent green lower neck. The leucistic white peafowl is one of the several color variations of the Indian peafowl. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commonscat|Pavo cristatus}} <br> {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Birds of India]] [[Category:Birds of Pakistan]] [[Category:Phasianidae]]