Green peafowl
Scientific name: Pavo muticus Linnaeus, 1766
Overview
The green peafowl is a peafowl species native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia and Southern China. It is the national bird of Myanmar. Formerly common throughout Southeast Asia, only a few isolated populations survive in Cambodia and adjacent areas of Vietnam. It has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2009. This is primarily due to widespread deforestation, agriculture and loss of suitable habitat, severely fragmenting populations and contributing to an overall decline in numbers. The green peafowl is in demand for private and home aviculture and threatened by the pet trade, feather collectors and hunters for meat and targeted.
From the Wikipedia article “Green peafowl”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Endangered on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: Southern Asia.
Common names
Also known in English as Green-necked Peafowl.
Names in other languages (12)
- Arabic
- طاووس أخضر
- Bengali
- সবুজ ময়ূর
- Chinese
- 绿孔雀
- French
- Paon spicifère
- German
- Ährenträgerpfau
- Hindi
- हरा मोर
- Indonesian
- Merak hijau
- Japanese
- マクジャク
- Persian
- طاووس سبز
- Portuguese
- pavão-verde
- Russian
- Зелёный павлин
- Spanish
- Pavo real cuelliverde, Pavo-real Cuelliverde, Pavo-real Verde
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q254636, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Green peafowl”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Francesco Veronesi from Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026