Pavo cristatus

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Pavo cristatus

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Invasive Species
Host Animal

Preferred Scientific Name
Pavo cristatus

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves

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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

Pavo cristatus

International Common Names

English: Indian peafowl

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DADIS main name

common pea fowl
Indian peacock

Taxonomic Tree

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Pavo
Species: Pavo cristatus

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Last updated: 17 Dec 2021

Continent/Country/Region	Distribution	Origin	First Reported	Reference	Notes
Africa
Saint Helena	Present	Introduced	1531	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
South Africa	Present	Introduced	1968	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
Asia
China	Present			CABI Data Mining (2001)
India	Present	Introduced	1868	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
Israel	Present	Introduced		Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus. First reported: 1980 - 1989
Japan	Present	Introduced	2009	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
Qatar	Present	Introduced	2006	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
Singapore	Present	Introduced	1987	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
Taiwan	Present	Introduced	2006	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
United Arab Emirates	Present	Introduced	1993	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
Europe
Austria	Absent, Formerly present		1966	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
Germany	Present	Introduced		Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus. First reported: <1963
Portugal	Present	Introduced	1965	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
United Kingdom	Present	Introduced	1998	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
North America
Bahamas	Present	Introduced	1950	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
Dominican Republic	Present	Introduced	1798	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
Saint Lucia	Present, Only in captivity/cultivation	Introduced		Krauss (2012)	Noise nuisance reported
U.S. Virgin Islands	Present	Introduced	1989	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
United States	Present	Introduced	1930	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
-Hawaii	Present	Introduced	1860	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
Oceania
Australia	Present	Introduced	1870	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
-Tasmania	Present	Introduced	1979	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
French Polynesia	Present	Introduced	1920	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus
New Caledonia	Present	Introduced		Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus. First reported: 1975 - 1980
New Zealand	Present	Introduced	1840	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Pavo cristatus

References

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Krauss U, 2012. 161 Invasive Alien Species present in Saint Lucia and their current status. Caribbean Alien Invasive Species Network (CIASNET), 12 pp. http://www.ciasnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IAS-present-in-SLU-May-2012-revision.pdf

Distribution References

CABI Data Mining, 2001. CAB Abstracts Data Mining.,

Krauss U, 2012. 161 Invasive Alien Species present in Saint Lucia and their current status. In: Caribbean Alien Invasive Species Network (CIASNET), 12 pp. http://www.ciasnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IAS-present-in-SLU-May-2012-revision.pdf

Seebens H, Blackburn T M, Dyer E E, Genovesi P, Hulme P E, Jeschke J M, Pagad S, Pyšek P, Winter M, Arianoutsou M, Bacher S, Blasius B, Brundu G, Capinha C, Celesti-Grapow L, Dawson W, Dullinger S, Fuentes N, Jäger H, Kartesz J, Kenis M, Kreft H, Kühn I, Lenzner B, Liebhold A, Mosena A (et al), 2017. No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide. Nature Communications. 8 (2), 14435. http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14435

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