peafowl

The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) usually lay their large white eggs on the ground in long grass or thick undergrowth.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India|Douglas Dewar
But there were many different kinds—not alone of hens and roosters; for there were peafowl, and guineas, and ducks, and turkeys.
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's|Laura Lee Hope
The peafowl is smaller, slenderer, and more graceful than the turkey, and is a little more agile in motion.
Our Domestic Birds|John H. Robinson
The methods of managing turkeys apply at nearly every point to the management of peafowl.
Our Domestic Birds|John H. Robinson

The scarcity of peafowl is not due wholly to the expense of procuring them or to the difficulty of rearing them.
Our Domestic Birds|John H. Robinson

British Dictionary definitions for peafowl

peafowl

/ (ˈpiːˌfaʊl) /

noun plural -fowls or -fowl

either of two large pheasants, Pavo cristatus (blue peafowl) of India and Ceylon and P. muticus (green peafowl) of SE Asia. The males (peacocks) have a characteristic bright plumageSee peacock (def. 1)

a rare closely related African species, Afropavo congensis (Congo peafowl), both sexes of which are brightly coloured

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