📸 PhotoPhoto: Ron Knight · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Green Peafowl
Pavo muticus (Green Peafowl · マクジャク)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum average weight of 5 kg equals a 5 kg bag of rice, and the male's train exceeding 2 m is similar to the height of a doorway (about 2 m) (Comparison).
- 💡 In Yunnan, China, Green Peafowl have died several times after farmers put out pesticide-laced beans because the birds pecked at crops.
- 💡 It is hunted for its meat and the male's showy feathers, and its eggs and chicks are also taken for the pet trade.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Green Peafowl is a peafowl with a green rather than blue head and neck, a large pheasant-family bird living in the forests of Southeast Asia and southern China. Its numbers are rapidly declining due to hunting and habitat destruction.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
The male's long 'train' is not the tail itself but the uppertail coverts covering the base of the tail; it is covered with round eyespots and can exceed 2 m. Both sexes are similar in color, though the male's train is much longer, and it has bare skin around the eyes and a fan-shaped crest on the head.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
According to the San Diego Zoo, peafowl (Indian Peafowl and Green Peafowl) roost in flocks in tall trees at night and forage on the ground during the day for grain, insects, small reptiles, fruits, leaves, and seeds. Females raise the young alone, laying 3–8 eggs and incubating them for 26–30 days.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List EN (2018) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22679440/131749282
- • IUCN Red List category EN — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 131749282
- • wikidata.org — Q254636
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Green Peafowl.jpg
- • link.springer.com — s40657-018-0110-0
- • animals.sandiegozoo.org — peafowl
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.