Pavo muticus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The green peafowl (Pavo muticus) is a peafowl species native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia and Southern China. It is the national bird of Myanmar. Formerly common throughout Southeast Asia, only a few isolated populations survive in Cambodia and adjacent areas of Vietnam. It has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2009. This is primarily due to widespread deforestation, agriculture and loss of suitable habitat, severely fragmenting populations and contributing to an overall decline in numbers. The green peafowl is in demand for private and home aviculture and threatened by the pet trade, feather collectors and hunters for meat and targeted.
The green peafowl is a large bird in terms of overall size. The male is 1.8–3 m (5 ft 11 in – 9 ft 10 in) in total length, including its train, which measures 1.4–1.6 m (4 ft 7 in – 5 ft 3 in); the adult female is around half the total length of the breeding male at 1–1.1 m (3 ft 3 in – 3 ft 7 in) in length. It has a relatively large wingspan that averages around 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) and can reach 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) in big males. The green peafowl is capable of sustained (albeit energy-intensive) flight... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Green Peafowl sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 639 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 37th most-seen of the 244 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June–September and December–February
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Green Peafowl in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against about 20% in October, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Peafowl sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Green Peafowl sightings, Cat Tien National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand, about 10%).
Same family: Phasianidae
The closest relatives of the Green Peafowl that you can see in Cat Tien National Park (family Phasianidae, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) are Red Junglefowl (about 50%), green-legged partridge (about 50%) and Germain's Peacock-Pheasant (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Peafowl is recorded against all the birds logged in Cat Tien National Park (639 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
