Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (49)
- Monotypic
Ragupathy Kannan and Douglas A. James
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bloupou |
| Arabic | الطاووس الهندي |
| Assamese | ময়ূৰ |
| Asturian | Pavñn azul |
| Basque | Pauma |
| Bulgarian | Обикновен паун |
| Catalan | paó comú |
| Chinese | 藍孔雀 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 蓝孔雀 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 蓝孔雀 |
| Croatian | paun |
| Czech | páv korunkatý |
| Dutch | Blauwe Pauw |
| English | Indian Peafowl |
| English (United States) | Indian Peafowl |
| French | Paon bleu |
| French (France) | Paon bleu |
| Galician | Pavón común |
| German | Pfau |
| Greek | Παγώνι |
| Gujarati | મોર / ઢેલ |
| Hebrew | טווס |
| Hindi | मोर |
| Icelandic | Páfugl |
| Indonesian | Merak india |
| Italian | Pavone |
| Japanese | インドクジャク |
| Kannada | ನವಿಲು |
| Malayalam | മയിൽ |
| Marathi | मोर |
| Norwegian | indiapåfugl |
| Odia | ମୟୁର |
| Polish | paw indyjski |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pavão-real |
| Punjabi (India) | ਮੋਰ |
| Romanian | Păun |
| Russian | Индийский павлин |
| Serbian | Paun |
| Slovak | páv korunkatý |
| Spanish | Pavo Real Común |
| Spanish (Peru) | Pavo Real |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Pavo Real Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pavo real común |
| Swedish | påfågel |
| Telugu | నెమలి |
| Thai | นกยูงอินเดีย |
| Turkish | Tavuskuşu |
| Ukrainian | Павич чубатий |
| Zulu | upigogo |
Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Pavo cristatus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.156.
TYPE LOCALITY:
' India orientali, Zeylona' = India.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PAVO
- pavo
- cristatum / cristatus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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