Common Peafowl

Where to see

Common Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

Udawalawe National Park leads · 19 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Common Peafowl during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Udawalawe National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~90%
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~90%
3 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~90%
4 Gir National Park 🇮🇳 India
~80%
5 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
~80%
6 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
7 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~70%
8 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
9 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
10 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~60%
11 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
~60%
12 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
~60%
13 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
~60%
14 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
~60%
15 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
~60%
16 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~50%
17 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~50%
18 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~30%
19 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Common Peafowl?

Udawalawe National Park

In Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Common Peafowl sighting on a given day, the highest of the 19 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Common Peafowl?

Wilpattu National Park and more

After Udawalawe National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Common Peafowl are in Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 90%), Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 90%) and Gir National Park (India, about 80%).

When is the best time to see a Common Peafowl?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February and September–December in Udawalawe National Park (about 90%), March–July and September–December in Wilpattu National Park (about 90%) and April–June and October–February in Yala National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Common Peafowl on a given day. Each park's Common Peafowl page has the full month-by-month chart.