Wild Of Indonesia : Java Peafowl (Pavo muticus muticus)

Fossil peafowl from Java have also described from Pleistocene up to the Holocene.
Pavo muticus muticus from East Java, Indonesia.

The cocks are very long-legged and slender. Plumage on neck and breast are more of a golden, coppery green. The colour of the secondaries and tertials are of an intense metallic blue, almost like the coverts of the Himalayan Monal, but they can change to green, depending on the sunlight’s angle. The skull – from beak to crest – is rounder than that of the Imperator.

The Pavo muticus muticus hens are very long-legged, too. Plumage on neck and breast are a little more golden than that of the Imperator-hens. The secondaries and tertials show an intensive metallic blue. the secondaries turn to a dark red hue towards the back. Primaries and alula are light brown but show a stronger striping than those of the Imperator-hens. Their train and dorsal plumage are metallic green with a considerable coppery shine. The grey-white striping towards the feather-tips is doubled and a little broader than with Imperator-hens. This species show a little dark circle around the eyes. The skull – from beak to crest – is rounder as is the case with the cock..

Pavo muticus muticus West-Java Indonesia

When I visited West-Java, the peafowl there were in the middle of their moulting period, so I cannot give a first hand description of them.

I noticed that the circle around the hens’ eyes was broader compared to the hens in East-Java.

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