AsiaLeast concern
Indian peafowl
Pavo cristatus
The male, called a peacock, has a long train of shimmering feathers that he fans out to impress females.
- Weight
- Up to 6 kg
- Size
- Up to 2.2 m with its train
- Lifespan
- About 20 years
- Top speed
- 16 km/h running
- Diet
- Seeds, insects and small animals
How heavy is that?
About 15% of a 40 kg kid
Where it lives
Three things to know
- A peacock's train can have about 200 'eye' feathers.
- Peacocks lose their train every year and grow a new one.
- It is the national bird of India.
Compare with…
- Weight
- Indian peafowl6 kgA 10-year-old kid40 kgThe kid weighs about 7× as much as the peafowl
- Size
- Indian peafowl2.2 mA 10-year-old kid1.4 mThe peafowl is about 1.6× as big as the kid
- Top speed
- Indian peafowl16 km/hA 10-year-old kid20 km/hThe kid is about 1.3× as fast as the peafowl
- Lifespan
- Indian peafowl20 yrsA 10-year-old kid80 yrsThe kid can live about 4× as long as the peafowl
