Green peafowl

Pavo muticus

The Green peafowl (Pavo muticus) is a bird found in Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar (Burma), and 1 more countries. Forests and grasslands in Java and mainland Southeast Asia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Pavo muticus
Region	Asia
Found in	Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar (Burma), and 1 more countries

🏡 Where the Green peafowl lives

Forests and grasslands in Java and mainland Southeast Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs70%
🍎 Fruit10%
🌰 Seeds & nuts10%
🌿 Leaves & plants10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 Both males and females are shiny green. The male has a tall crest and a long train.

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Recorded by Ross Gallardy (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC295228. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Green peafowl

Where does the Green peafowl live?

The Green peafowl lives in Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar (Burma), and 1 more countries. Forests and grasslands in Java and mainland Southeast Asia.

What does the Green peafowl eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 70%), fruit (about 10%), seeds and nuts (about 10%), leaves and other plant parts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Green peafowl endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.