PEAFOWL

Photographed at Tihiora, New Zealand, June 2017

(*  263)                  PEAFOWL                  Pavo cristatus

NEW ZEALAND              83

Found in parks and private gardens, rough agricultural land with good cover in warm, dry districts. 90 cm. Uncommon Asian introduction particularly in the north of North Island and a few other spots on North and South Island.

INDIAN PEAFOWL

Photographed March 2017

(* 263)                           INDIAN PEAFOWL                   Pavo cristatus  

SRI LANKA                      36

Found in scrub and open country. M 180-230 cm; F 90-100 cm. Common breeding resident in dry zone lowlands and uncommon in adjacent intermediate zone, small scattered feral populations in southern part of wet zone.