Indian Peafowls are native to India and Sri Lanka. The bird has been introduced to many other countries as well, such as Australia, New Zealand and the Bahamas. Their preferred habitats include deciduous forests, shrublands and grasslands. The Indian Peafowl usually resides below elevations of 1,800m. If you are wondering about the many times social media reels revealed a peafowl making its way through an urban area, then you are not wrong. Peafowls can live close to agricultural and human-occupied spaces, as long as there is a water source nearby.
Indian Peafowls play a crucial role in keeping a check on local reptile and insect populations. They also feed on insects that harm crops, indirectly protecting the harvest of farmers. Like many other species, they are facing the brunt of rapid urbanisation and habitat modification. While a survey conducted in 1991 by World Wildlife Fund for Nature revealed that the peafowl population had declined by 50 per cent since independence, the State of India’s Birds Report 2020 showed that the country’s peafowl population had increased considerably in the last decade. While this is good news, it places immense pressure on the species to thrive in a rapidly changing environment. As they share spaces with humans, increased instances of conflicts are being reported due to crop damage. This calls for devising conservation and management practices to ensure that the birds are not affected by anthropogenic pressures. The Indian Peafowl may be the national bird and therefore revered culturally. But it is high time that we pay attention to its needs and habitats.
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