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No I believe this one is Java x Cambodia - I saw her at Bronx Zoo in 2011. Nothing wrong with bronze or gold on the neck, but the "splotchiness" is what makes me doubt the hen Birdrain saw was pure.

Fritz considers this hen a hybrid, though I would think such a bronze is not uncommon in pure birds; some ecotypes exhibit it more than others. However when there are scales that exhibit a wide splotching of bronze, and a stocky posture, I am very suspicious.

I hate to break it to you but I think that bronze-necked female MIGHT be a hybrid with an extremely high percentage of Green ancestry. It is normal for some hens to have more bronze necks than others but there are a lot of question marks for that hen...

Yunnan researchers are probably aware of it but it hasn't been described formally. White peafowl mutation results from hybridization with Green Peafowl, so does the Black-Shouldered.

Take a look at this video: This is a wild peahen from Yunnan ("Pavo antiqus"). She appears to be gravid in this video and is flying with her family. The first assumption people have is inbreeding - but this is probably not the case. Green Peafowl have gone through major population...

I would say watch out for Hopkins livestock and Bow's Peafowl. Those two I suspect may be hybrids. Texas Peafowl Farm also seems a bit suspect as well. That said, there are forms of Green Peafowl out there that resemble hybrids, and sadly they are often dismissed as such. I strongly discourage...

Sorry I bump this, but it does appear that male is a pure "Green Peafowl" be that composite or whatever. There is nothing in that bird that would suggest hybridization. That said, faded colours could indicate inbreeding. @Dani that site's definition is just absurd. Green Peafowl is 3...

this hen is unusual. It is probably a Afropavo x cristatus (yes, it's possible!) back-crossed a few generations.

First of all we must prove it is spicifer that lived in Bangladesh and India. We don't want to repeat what happened in Malaysia with the reintroduction of Javanese and other composite peafowl. I don't think they are spicifer they are a little brighter.

He probably has some Green Peafowl ancestry. Since many captive Indian Peafowl have some Green blood, it's not that unusual it just rarely shows up though. The facial skin could look like that from being damaged or hybridization. Sometimes the opposite occurs in pure, inbred or composite...

They're not domesticated they're wild but they are just found near people, and people are always close by watching them. Without a doubt these are pure Imperator, possibly with some contact with annamensis and/or spicifer. Essentially the same as the Srinakarin Dam and Hua Kha Kaeng populations...

the train is actually very light. Occasionally a Peafowl flying on a river might get "stuck" in the water if he flies too low but they can also wade and swim. The train functions to protect the peafowl from predators, not the other way around. It gives more room/safety for the peacock's body...

Love the call, such a haunting sound...

sad... People also need to know the value of WILD Indian Peafowl, lean-legged robust birds not chubby birds that struggle to fly. So much for the evaluation as "Least Concern" when the wild phenotype is still threatened.

It's all subjective. Delacour said muticus was the prettiest and spicifer was the dullest, and imperator was in between. I tend to think spicifer is the most "beautiful" form because it is such a huge bird and its slaty colours. Baluran National Park is home to a form which most people refer...