Bird / Pavo cristatus
Indian Peafowl
Lowest risk
Native
The Indian peafowl, also known as the common peafowl, and blue peafowl, is a peafowl species native to the Indian subcontinent. It has been introduced to many other countries.
- Range elevation
- 900 to 1200 m
- Range mass
- 2.7 to 6 kg
- Average mass
- 4 kg
- Range length
- 0.86 to 2.12 m
- Average length
- 1.50 m
- Range wingspan
- 1.4 to 1.6 m
- Breeding interval
- Indian blue peafowl breed once per year, and more often if clutch is lost.
- Breeding season
- Indian blue peafowl breed from April to September.
- Range eggs per season
- 3 to 12
- Average eggs per season
- 5
- Range time to hatching
- 27 to 29 days
- Range fledging age
- 1 to 2 weeks
- Average fledging age
- 1 weeks
- Range time to independence
- 7 to 10 weeks
- Average time to independence
- 8 weeks
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 1 to 3 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 3 years
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 2 to 3 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 3 years
- Range lifespan
Status: wild - 10 to 25 years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 18 years
- Range lifespan
Status: captivity - 10 to 23.2 years
- Average lifespan
Status: captivity - 15 years
- Typical lifespan
Status: wild - 10 to 20 years
- Typical lifespan
Status: captivity - 10 to 18 years
- Average lifespan
Status: captivity - 15 years
Fowler, E. 2011. "Pavo cristatus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Pavo_cristatus/
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