| Congo peafowl Temporal range:
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| A pair at Antwerp Zoo, with male left and female right. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Tribe: | Pavonini |
| Genus: | Afropavo Chapin, 1936 |
| Species: | A. congensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Afropavo congensis Chapin, 1936
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The Congo peafowl (Afropavo congensis), also known as the African peafowl or mbulu by the Bakôngo, is a species of peafowl native to the Congo Basin.[2] It is one of three peafowl species and the only member of the subfamily Pavoninae native to Africa.[3] It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.[1]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2022). "Afropavo congensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22679430A208189646. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Dowsett, R. J.; Forbes-Watson, A. D. (1993). Checklist of birds of the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Tauraco Press. ISBN 287225000X.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Mulotwawas invoked but never defined (see the help page).