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	Indian Peafowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus also known as the Common Peafowl and the India Blue Peafowl is one of the species of bird in the genus Pavo of the Phasianidae family known as peafowl.
		The Indian Peafowl is a resident breeder in India and Sri Lanka.
		Peafowl are most notable for the male's extravagant tail also known as a train, a result of sexual selection, which it displays as part of courtship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indian_Peafowl (504 words)

	Peacock (bird) - MSN Encarta
		Peafowl build their nests on the ground or in the low branches of trees.
		The common peafowl has been domesticated in many parts of the world, and there are feral populations in the Hawaiian Islands.
		The common, or Indian, peafowl is classified as Pavo cristatus; the green peafowl as Pavo muticus; and the Congo peafowl as Afropavo congensis.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555444/Peacock_(bird).html (355 words)

	Peafowl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Peafowl are an ancient and isolated group of largely terrestrial Galliform birds belonging to the Pavoninidae.
		Peafowl differ from pheasants but are similar to monals and tragopans in their ability to climb altitudinally on the wing so that they may have sufficient lift to enable soaring.
		Peafowl are capable of reproducing at the age of 2.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/peafowl (1313 words)

	Diseases of Peafowl
		Recovered peafowl remain carriers and the disease is transmitted from the hen to the chick in the egg.
		The disease is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium avian, an acid-fast organism.
		Peafowl owners are encouraged to consult an avian veterinarian or pathologist at the poultry diagnostic laboratory in their region for specific help on diagnosis and treatment.
	www.peafowl.org /ARTICLES/2 (3097 words)

	Peafowl
		The peafowl is an ornamental bird which is often grown to adorn farmsteads, private estates or public parks and zoological gardens.
		Peafowl are very susceptible to this disease which may occur especially if there are chickens on the same place.
		Peafowl are fond of insects and if plenty are available the birds (after they're fairly well-grown) will consume enough to satisfy their protein needs.
	www.minifarmhomestead.com /Critters/peafowl.htm (1053 words)

	Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure
		Peafowl are common as an ornamental bird throughout the world, and appear to be in little danger of extinction.
		A peafowl keeps the same roost and feeds in the same place everyday.Even wild peafowl are fairly sociable animals, and often live around human settlements.
		Peafowl have a "screaming alarm cry" that in the wild warns other animals, such as deer of the presence of a predator such as a leopard or tiger.
	www.rollinghillswildlife.com /animals/p/peafowl (530 words)

	Peacock Bird,Indian Peacock,India Peafowl,Indian Blue Peacock
		The male Indian Peafowl, commonly known as the peacock, is one of the most recognizable birds in the world.
		The Indian peacock,Pavo cristatus (Linnaeus), the national bird of India, is a colourful, swan-sized bird, with a fan-shaped crest of feathers, a white patch under the eye and a long, slender neck.
		The peacock is widely found in the Indian sub-continent from the south and east of the Indus river, Jammu and Kashmir, east Assam, south Mizoram and the whole of the Indian peninsula.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /wildlife/peacock-bird.html (727 words)

	Peacock India,Peacock National Bird in India,Peacock Bird in India,Indian Peacock
		The male Indian Peafowl, commonly known as the peacock, is one of the most recognisable birds in the world.
		The Indian peacock, Pavo cristatus (Linnaeus), the national bird of India, is a colourful, swan-sized bird, with a fan-shaped crest of feathers, a white patch under the eye and a long, slender neck.
		In its native India, the peafowl is a creature of the open forests and riparian undergrowth.
	www.wild-india.com /IndianAnimals/peacock.html (805 words)

	Peafowl (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		One mutation, known to occur frequently among birds bred in captivity, is the White Indian peafowl.
		Peafowl are ground feeding birds with moderately strong legs.
		Peafowl are native to southern India and Ceylon.
	www.honoluluzoo.org.cob-web.org:8888 /peafowl.htm (320 words)

	Pheasants of Pakistan (Indian Peafowl)
		Peafowl are generally believed to be virtually omnivorous (Baker 1930; Ali and Ripley 1978), eating everything from grain and green crops to insects, small reptiles, mammals, and even small snakes.
		Growth in young peafowl is rather slow, although when the chicks are only two weeks old they are able to jump or flutter up to elevated perches for roosting, where they sit on either side of the female and are covered by her wings (Rutgers and Norris 1970).
		In Pakistan the Indian Blue Peafowl in the wild state is only found in Tharparkar district of the province of Sind bordering India and in a small area of Azad Kashmir.
	www.wildlifeofpakistan.com /Indian_Peafowl.htm (1795 words)

	Peafowl
		The white peafowl is an albino form of the Blue peafowl, and this condition is a recessive trait.
		White peafowl are fairly common, as they have been bred as a separate race for a long period of time.
		The chicks of the white peafowl are not as hardy as the Blue chicks and require more care.
	www.hilozoo.com /animals/AB_peafowl.htm (275 words)

	Peafowl
		The peafowl are the two species of bird in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae.
		The Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus, is native to that country and Sri Lanka.
		The Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus, breeds from Myanmar east to Java.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pe/Peafowl.html (121 words)

	Peacocks (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Congo peafowl is native to the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
		Peafowl are generally ornamental birds found in private estates, farmsteads, zoological gardens and public parks.
		Peafowl are native to southern India, and Sri Lanka.
	www.peacock-birds.com.cob-web.org:8888 (263 words)

	WildWNC.org : Animals : INDIAN PEAFOWL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Peafowl, particularly the males, are one of the most colorful and strikingly marked of all birds.
		Although peafowl are large, powerful birds, they are somewhat weak fliers and spend much of their time on the ground looking for food or perching.
		Peafowl, particularly the brightly colored peacock, are one of our favorite captive birds, well suited for parks, zoos, and other domestic situations.
	www.wildwnc.org /af/peafowl.html (639 words)

	Beale Park - Wildlife - Indian Blue Peafowl
		Peafowl are one of the most colourful of all birds.
		Habitat: Peafowl are native to southern India and Ceylon.
		Peafowl go to roost early in tall trees, calling and bugling loudly as they move upward.
	www.bealepark.co.uk /wildlife_detail.php?id=7 (300 words)

	Pueblo Zoo Peacock
		The Indian Peafowl is a native of India and Ceylon.
		There are two species of peafowl found in the wild, the Indian Peafowl and the Green Peafowl.
		Male peafowl are one of the most strikingly marked and most colorful of all birds.
	www.pueblozoo.org /archives/mar00/feature.htm (707 words)

	birds template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Peacock, also called peafowl, is one of the showiest of all birds because of its great size and the beauty of its feathers.
		Indian peafowls live wild in India and Sri Lanka, and can be seen in city parks and on country estates.
		The peacock is mentioned in The Birds, a play by Aristophanes, written in Greece during the 400's B.C. Pliny speaks of it as common in his day in Rome, where the peacock was considered a great delicacy as a roast, served in its own feathers.
	www.worldbook.com /features/birds/html/types_fowl_peacock.html (325 words)

	Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo - Indian Blue Peafowl
		Peafowl are the largest members of the pheasant family, weighing about 14 pounds.
		Blue peafowl have fl and white striped feathers on their shoulders (or all fl if they are Black-Shouldered Peacocks), light brown flight feathers and gray tail feathers.
		Peafowl have also become a popular domestic bird and have been bred to create many different color varieties.
	www.beardsleyzoo.org /kids/animal.asp?mc_id=457 (712 words)

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		A peafowl in flight is a beautiful and uncommon sight…it takes wing only when surprised, or to cross a ravine or riverbed.
		The peafowl is described as being "as sinuous as a snake, as stealthy as a cat and as wary as a bull bison in watching for foes".
		Both male and female peafowl have crests (though the peahen's is smaller) and are mottled brown with metallic green on lower neck.
	www.brigadegroup.com /art/cmf/01.htm (280 words)

	India Blue Peafowl, Pavo cristatus
		Peafowl have been kept in captivity for many centuries and have been reported in ancient Egyptian, Roman and Greek history.
		The oldest mutations are the White and the Black-shouldered.
		White peafowl are pure white, both sexes; the Black-shouldered males have dark coverts (barred in the normal birds), hens are much lighter than normal hens.
	www.gbwf.org /pheasants/blue_peafowl.html (784 words)

	Peafowl For Sale, Information & Tips From Brow Farm.
		Peafowl like to sleep in trees in the wild, so they will want to sleep in the air in the pen.
		Wild peafowl have an omnivorous diet, and peafowl that are allowed to roam will scavenge for many things on their own.
		National Insignia The Indian peacock,Pavo cristatus (Linnaeus), the national bird of India, is a colourful, swan-sized bird, with a fan-shaped crest of feathers, a white patch under the eye and a long, slender neck.
	www.browfarm.co.uk /hens_ducks_peafowl/peafowl_info.htm (2230 words)

	Peafowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some taxonomists believe that the endangered Green Peafowl is actually a complex of five distinct species although they are currently treated as one species with three subspecies [1].
		Asiatic peafowl like the Indian Blue Peafowl and especially the Green Peafowl occupy a similar niche as the roadrunners, Secretary Bird, and Seriema.
		Although peafowl are capable of reproducing at the age of 2, peacocks do not reach full maturity until one year later.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peafowl (1240 words)

	peafowl, peacock, Pavo cristatus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		For over 4,000 years they have been a colourful and graceful sight around Indian temples, where they were worshipped for their ability to fend off snakes and bad luck.
		Today, Indian peafowl congregate safely near villages and shrines where they are still protected by sacred Hindu law.
		However, peafowl were served at the lavish banquets of rich people; the peafowls’ tongues were particular delicacies.
	www.nzbirds.com /birds/peacock.html (1258 words)

	Peafowl Links
		There are a lot of really great peafowl sites out there on the web, and if you can't find something you need on my site, they may be the place to turn.
		The owner of the site tells her own peafowl experiences and relates her knowledge of these birds she has gained through raising them.
		A page describing a flock of tame turned wild peafowl that have become to many a nuisance in a section of New Zealand, although many enjoy their presence.
	peacockgirl.tripod.com /Peafowl_Info/Peacock_Linksx.html (913 words)

	Peacock Bird,Indian Peacock,India Blue Peacock
		The Peacock, which is also known as the Indian peafowl, has been part of the livestock of parks and gardens around the world for a long time.
		Peafowl, Pavo cristatus particularly the males, are one of the most colorful and strikingly marked of all birds.
		The Indian Peacock is probably the oldest known ornamental bird.
	www.famous-india.com /animals-in-india/peacock.html (389 words)

	Indian Peafowl - National Zoo\| FONZ
		Description: The male Indian Peafowl, commonly known as the peacock, is one of the most recognizable birds in the world.
		Domesticated peafowl remained a popular status symbol through Roman times and the Middle Ages, ensuring their establishment and survival throughout Europe.
		Diet: Indian Peafowl do most of their foraging in the early morning and shortly before sunset.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/Birds/Facts/FactSheets/fact-peafowl.cfm (724 words)

	Peacock Information
		Peafowl were extensively raised by the Romans for the table as well as for ornamental purposes, and medieval Europe carried on this practice as well.
		Peafowl can be quite sociable and often display their feathers right in front of you in the springtime.
		The so-called 'Spalding' variey is a hybrid between the Indian and the Green species (one of the green peacock races shown in picture at left).
	www.gamebird.com /peacock.html (1010 words)

	Lee Richardson Zoo
		Weighing in at about 13 pounds, Indian Blue Peafowl are among the heaviest of flying birds and the largest members of the pheasant family.
		According to the myth, Hera (the queen of the gods) was terribly grieved over the monster’s death.
		She had his eyes set onto the tail of her favorite bird, the peacock, so that people would always remember Argus.
	www.garden-city.org /zoo/animalinfo/Birds/indian_blue_peafowl.htm (501 words)

	Blue Peacock - Blue Peafowl - Pavo cristatus - National Bird of India - Peahen
		Blue Peacock, or Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus), are beautiful birds that are native to India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
		The male peafowl is called a peacock; the female is called a peahen.
		A group of peafowl is called an ostentation or a muster.
	www.haryana-online.com /Fauna/Birds/blue_peacock.htm (596 words)

	Independent Study Fair Report
		Mary and I thought peafowl would be cool to study because we both wanted to learn about a beautiful bird.
		Mary and I were curious about peafowl and how they live so we decided to study peafowl.
		Indian peafowl are the most common peafowl known.
	www.oberlin.k12.oh.us /talent/isp/reports2000/mary.mia.peacocks (544 words)

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