peacock

Posted by punnya on May 4, 2013, 9:53 a.m.

Peafowl,Peacock.
Male Indian Peacock on display. The elongated upper tail coverts make up the trainof the Indian peacock.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Galliformes
Family:Phasianidae
Subfamily:Phasianinae
Genus:Pavo
Linnaeus1758
Species

Pavo cristatus
Pavo muticus

Peafowl are two Asiatic and one African species of flying bird in the genus Pavo of the pheasant familyPhasianidae, best known for the male's 

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