Common Name: Pea Fowl
Scientific name: Pavo cristatus
Hausa Name: Dawisu
Size: 90 – 130cm,
Weight: 3.8 – 5kg.
Habitat: Desert and Savanna areas.
Feeding Habit: Omnivores by eating most plants parts, flower petals, seed heads, insects and other Arthropods, reptiles, and Amphibians.
Nesting: Clutch consists of 4 – 8 fawn to buff white eggs which are incubated only by the female. The egg takes about 28 days to hatch. The chicks are nidifugous and follow
the mother around after hatching. Downy young may sometimes climb on their mother’s back and the female my carry them in flight to a safe tree branch.
Lifespan: 23 years in captivity
Conservation Status: Least concern (LC).
Group name: Muster or Ostentation
