The typical Asiatic peafowl belonging to the genus Pavo
include the familiar Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus and
the poorly known Dragonbirds or Green Peafowl Pavo muticus.
Some biologists believe that there are at least five distinctive
and critically endangered species of Green Peafowl while
others categorize them into a single species with three
subspecies. The Arakan Dragonbird Pavo spicifer was once
native to Northern Western Myanmar, Southern Tibet and
Assam. The Indo-Chinese or Siamese Dragonbird Pavo imperator
was once native to South East Myanmar and Thailand. The
Annametic Dragonbird Pavo annamensis inhabited the broadlieaf
evergreen forests of Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Southern
Yunnan China.
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