Green Peacock

The Green Peafowl or Indonesian peafowl (Pavo muticus) is a peafowl species native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. It has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2009 because the global population has been declining rapidly and is severely fragmented due to the loss of habitat. It is the national bird of Myanmar.

Both sexes have iridescent green feathers on their necks and breasts that resemble scales. The lesser coverts, which form a triangle of scaly feathers on the shoulder when the wing is closed, are green in the male, while the scapulars, middle, and larger wing coverts are blue. In some subspecies, the tertials are brown and/or barred with a subtle pattern, and the secondaries are black. The triangle at the wing shoulder is absent in the female because she has blue lesser coverts. Additionally, females have greater barring on the back, the primaries, and the alula, along with copper-fringed neck scales. In silhouette, both sexes are long-legged, heavy-winged, and long-tailed with shafted crests. The plumes on the female's crest are a little bit wider than those on the male's, which are thinner and taller. The skin of the face is double-striped from white to light blue and next to each ear is a crescent-shaped pattern from yellow to orange. In males, the black triangle under the eye that extends toward the brow is bluish-green, whereas, in females, it is brown.