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Pavo cristatus
Family: PhasianidaeGenus: Pavonative in Germany
native in Germany
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About this species
A heavy-bodied bird of the pheasant family, introduced and established in Great Britain, feeding mainly on seeds and invertebrates.
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Yearly cycle
Breeds once per year, producing a single clutch of 5 eggs. Incubation lasts 28 days, and chicks fledge at about 14 days of age.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
44.52 cm
Weight
4093.75 g
Max. Lebensalter
25 Jahre
Fortpflanzung
Wurfgröße / Gelege
5, 1× pro Jahr
Bebrütungsdauer
28 Tage
Ausflugalter
14 Tage
Geschlechtsreife
~2 Jahre
Ernährung & Verhalten
40% Samen30% Wirbellose20% Pflanzen10% Wirbeltiere
Scientific profile
Pavo cristatus is an introduced and established member of the pheasant family (Phasianidae) in Great Britain. Adults have an average body mass of approximately 4.1 kg and a wingspan of about 45 cm. The maximum recorded lifespan is 25 years. Its diet is predominantly seeds (40%) and invertebrates (30%), supplemented by other plant material (20%) and a small proportion of vertebrates (10%). Breeding occurs once a year, with a clutch of 5 eggs incubated for 28 days; the young fledge at around 14 days.
Visited plants
1 plants are visited by this species
Ficus carica
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•GBIF — Occurrence data via GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
•DAISIE — Alien species in Europe, DACH-Daten
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