Green peafowl  (Pavo muticus)

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Glossary

  • Deciduous: a plant that sheds its leaves at the end of the growing season.
  • Monogamous: having only one mate during a breeding season, or throughout the breeding life of a pair.
  • Omnivore: an organism that feeds on both plants and animals.
  • Primary forest: forest that has remained undisturbed for a long time and has reached a mature condition.
  • Secondaries: the shorter flight feathers projecting along the inner edge of a bird's wing.
  • Secondary forest: regenerating forest that has not yet reached the mature state of primary forest.
  • Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.
  • Territory: area occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. BirdLife International (April, 2005)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=286&m=0
  3. CITES (April, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Pheasants and peafowl (April, 2005)
    http://www.gbwf.org/pheasants/green_peafowl.html
  5. BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book.BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
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