Pavo (bird)

Pavo
Temporal range: Late Miocene to present
Indian peacock (Pavo cristatus) displaying its tail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Tribe: Pavonini
Genus: Pavo
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl)
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
A white peafowl

Pavo is a genus of two species in the pheasant family. The two species, along with the Congo peafowl, are known as peafowl.