Peacock displaying

The Phasianidae family of birds, which also includes pheasants and their allies, includes two Asiatic bird species (the blue or Indian peafowl, originally from India and Sri Lanka, and the green peafowl from Myanmar, Indochina, and Java) and one African species (the Congo peafowl, native only to the Congo Basin). Males of the peafowl are distinguished by their piercing calls and, among the Asiatic The female is referred to as a peahen, while the juvenile young are occasionally called peachicks. The term "peacock" is officially only used to describe the male.