peafowl

noun, plural pea·fowls, (especially collectively) pea·fowl.

1. any of several gallinaceous birds of the genera Pavo, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, and the East Indies, and Afropavo, of Africa.

noun plural -fowls or -fowl

1. either of two large pheasants, Pavo cristatus (blue peafowl) of India and Ceylon and P. muticus (green peafowl) of SE Asia. The males (peacocks) have a characteristic bright plumageSee peacock (def. 1)
2. a rare closely related African species, Afropavo congensis (Congo peafowl), both sexes of which are brightly coloured