Indian Peafowl

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q61865
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Summary

Indian Peafowl is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.22% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,252 views/month, #421 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Pavo[5]
  • Taxon name: Pavo cristatus[6]
  • Commons category: Pavo cristatus[7]
  • Color: blue[8], green[9], black[10], orange[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pavo cristatus[12]
  • Commons gallery: Pavo cristatus[13]
  • This taxon is source of: Pavo cristatus feces[14]
  • Short name: P. cristatus[15]
  • Taxon common name: Indian Peafowl[16], Pfau[17], Pavo real común[18], Индийский павлин[19], インドクジャク[20], Paon bleu[21], Pavone indiano[22], Blauwe Pauw[23], Påfugl[24], Indiapåfugl[25], riikinkukko[26], indiai páva[27], paw indyjski[28], sini-paabulind[29]

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Identifiers

Indian Peafowl's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 1204[30]. Indian Peafowl's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9049[31]. Indian Peafowl's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9451184[32]. Indian Peafowl's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176113[33].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Indian Peafowl include Moron[34], a village in India[35], in India[36].

Why It Matters

Indian Peafowl has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for it include Moron[34], a village in India[35], in India[36].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [33] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [32] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C3599
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C3599, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Pavo
    Instance of → taxon
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Taxon rank → species
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 6272, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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