Biology:Pavonini

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Pavonini is a tribe in the subfamily Phasianinae. Members of this family are primarily found in tropical Asia, along with one species in the Congo Rainforest in Africa. It contains two of the most charismatic members of the Phasianidae, the peafowl and the arguses. This grouping was supported by a 2021 phylogenetic analysis of Galliformes, and accepted by the International Ornithological Congress. The tribe name is accepted by the Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World.[1][2][3][4]

Species

Image Genus Living species
220x220px Rheinardia
220x220px Argusianus
220x220px Afropavo
  • Congo peafowl, Afropavo congensis
220x220px Pavo
  • Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus
  • Green peafowl, Pavo muticus

The earliest named record of the tribe is Eopavo hezhengensis from the Late Miocene of Linxia Basin, Gansu, Northwestern China. [5]

References

  1. Kimball, Rebecca T.; Hosner, Peter A.; Braun, Edward L. (2021-05-01). "A phylogenomic supermatrix of Galliformes (Landfowl) reveals biased branch lengths" (in en). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 158. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107091. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 33545275. Bibcode2021MolPE.15807091K. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790321000245. 
  2. "Taxonomic Updates – IOC World Bird List" (in en-US). https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/taxonomy/. 
  3. "Galliformes" (in de-DE). http://www.bird-phylogeny.de/superorders/galloanseres/galliformes/. 
  4. "H&M4 Checklist family by family - The Trust for Avian Systematics". https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=11. 
  5. Yu, T.; Li, Z.; Stidham, T.; Zhou, Z. (2026). "A small Miocene peafowl (Galliformes, Phasianidae) from the high-elevation Linxia Basin of China illuminates the evolution of the clade and its paleobiology". Journal of Paleontology: 1–13. doi:10.1017/jpa.2026.10229. 

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