Pavo cristatus M 180-230cm, F 90-100cm
Neelamayil in Tamil (நீலமயில்)
Resident. Male has blue neck and breast, and spectacular glossy green train of elongated uppertail-covert feathers with numerous ocelli. Female lacks elongated uppertail coverts; has whitish face and throat and white belly. Primaries of female are brown (chestnut in male). Forest undergrowth in wild; villages and cultivation where semiferal.
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