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peafowl::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bird of juno |
| Type of | pheasant |
| Has types | green peafowl, pavo muticus, peacock, peahen, pavo cristatus, blue peafowl, pea-chick, peachick |
Examples of peafowl
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Peafowl are omnivorous and eat seeds, insects, fruits, small mammals and reptiles.
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Point Defiance has 13 peafowl that roam the grounds, all of which are accounted for.
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In the forest, over 30 species of birds reside, including the Congo peafowl.
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Birds such as the peafowl and drongo live in this subregion as far east as Indonesia.
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The peafowl are forest birds that nest on the ground but roost in trees.
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The zoo houses cranes, flamingos, trumpeters, waterfowl and peafowl.
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Peafowl have been kept for millennia due to their ophiophagous habit.
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Small prey species such as porcupines, hares and peafowl form a very small part in their diet.
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Many cities where they have been introduced and gone feral have peafowl management programmes.
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- Very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
- The term peafowl can refer to the two species of bird in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. The African Congo Peafowl is placed in its own genus Afropavo and is not dealt with here. Peafowl are best known for the male's extravagant tail, which it displays as part of courtship. ...
- A pheasant of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock. The cry is "meow" (like cats), "kee-o" or "iyaan"
- Any of several genera of large, primarily terrestrial galliform birds endemic to Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Central Africa. Fossil records indicate that extinct Peafowl species inhabited East Africa and Europe well into the Pliocene. Peafowl are somewhat superficially similar to pheasants. ...
