The port and town are named after the Green Peafowl, which once lived in the region, but is now very rare.

However, some do not believe the forms are identical, leading to concerns that the wrong form of Green Peafowl was introduced.

The Green Peafowl is a forest bird which nests on the ground laying 3 to 6 eggs.

The latter closely resembles a Green Peafowl, as it has a tufted crest.

Green peafowl of similar mixed origins confiscated from local bird dealers have been released into areas with native wild birds.

The Green Peafowl is capable of sustained flight and is often observed on wing.

As with the other member of its genus, the Green Peafowl can even hunt venomous snakes.

Through backcrossing some hybrids become almost indistinguishable from pure Green Peafowl.

The male of the Green Peafowl have a loud call of 'ki-wao', which is often repeated.

Green Peafowl are generally more silent than Indian Peafowl.

Green Peafowl have also been documented attacking young Leopards and an adult Fishing Cat.

Arkive images and movies of the Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus)

The Green Peafowl appears different from the Indian Peafowl.

Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus.

They note there appears to be two different forms of Green Peafowl in Yunnan which should be classified as distinct subspecies.

Unlike the related Indian Peafowl, the sexes of Green Peafowl are quite similar in appearance, especially in the field.

By body mass, the Green Peafowl is the most sexual dimorphic of galliforms and among the most dimorphic in size of all birds.

The two species produce fertile hybrids and feral Indian Peafowl may hybridize with wild Green Peafowl.

Green Peafowl are large birds, one of the largest living Galliforms in terms of overall length and wingspan, though rather lighter-bodied than the Wild Turkey.

Most notable are the Green Peafowl, the Mountain Peacock Pheasant and the Bali Starling.

Cormorants, cranes, ibises, parrots, green peafowl, pheasants, and wild ducks are also found, and poisonous snakes are numerous.

The Japanese had imported Green Peafowl from Southeast Asia for hundreds of years, and the birds were frequently depicted in Japanese paintings.

A third form of Green Peafowl was described in 1949 by Jean Delacour, as imperator, found in Indo-China.

It has been widely believed that the Green Peafowl is polygynous, but unlike the Indian Peafowl, males are solitary and do not display in leks.

Because some aviculturists refer to all races as "Java Peafowl", the subspecies of Green Peafowl are also mixed in captivity.

Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus.

The galliform bird species with the largest wing-span and largest overall length (including a train of over 6 feet) is most likely the Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus).

With respect to spurs on female Gallinaceae, I applied to Mr. Blyth, who has wonderful systematic knowledge, and he tells me that the female Pavo muticus and Fire-back pheasants are spurred.

The Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus (from Latin Pavo, peafowl; muticus, Mute, docked or curtailed) is a large Galliform bird that is found in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.

Cross between a male Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus and a female Indian Peafowl, P. cristatus, produces a stable hybrid called a "spalding", named after Mrs. Keith Spalding, a bird fancier in California.