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The Indian Blue peacock

Pavo cristatus

Photo by Pradeep Kumar
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

The Indian peacock (Pavo cristatus) is a large and brightly coloured bird of the pheasant family native to South Asia, but introduced and semi-feral in many other parts of the world. It is the National Bird of INDIA!!

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