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Indian Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

889Records since 2000
MayPeak month
53Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan30
Feb33
Mar75
Apr138
May187
Jun111
Jul91
Aug70
Sep42
Oct56
Nov23
Dec33

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England112
2Norfolk England58
3Cambridgeshire England34
4Lincolnshire England34
5Suffolk England33
6Essex England32
7Dorset England28
8North Yorkshire England24
9Sefton England20
10Kent England18
11Devon England18
12Gwynedd Wales16
13Perth and Kinross Scotland16
14Cornwall England15
15Argyll and Bute Scotland12
806 England61 Scotland21 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
889
Peak month
May
Counties with records
53
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pavo cristatus
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,405
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire, Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Galliformes
Family
Phasianidae
Genus
Pavo
Name with authority
Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q61865 · GBIF 9451184