Pavo Temporal range: Late Miocene to present
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Indian peacock (Pavo cristatus) displaying its tail | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Tribe: | Pavonini |
Genus: | Pavo Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl) Linnaeus, 1758
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Species | |
Pavo is a genus of two species in the pheasant family. The two species, along with the Congo peafowl, are known as peafowl.