Merak Jawa (Pavo muticus)

Merak Jawa

Merak Hijau atau yang sering disebut juga dengan Merak Jawa memiliki nama ilmiah Pavo muticus. Merak Jawa adalah salah satu burung dari tiga spesies merak yang ada. Merak jenis ini juga memiliki bulu-bulu yang indah hijau keemasan. Burung jantan dewasa berukuran sangat besar, panjangnya dapat mencapai 300cm, dengan penutup ekor yang sangat panjang. Di atas kepalanya terdapat jambul tegak. jambul dan warna yang mengkilap tersebut dimaksudkan untuk menarik perhatian lawan jenis. Burung betina berukuran lebih kecil dari burung jantan. Bulu-bulunya kurang mengilap, berwarna hijau keabu-abuan dan tanpa dihiasi bulu penutup ekor.

Populasi Merak Jawa tersebar di hutan terbuka dengan padang rumput di Republik Rakyat Cina, Indocina dan Jawa, Indonesia. Sebelumnya Merak Hijau ditemukan juga di India, Bangladesh dan Malaysia, namun sekarang telah punah di sana. Walaupun berukuran sangat besar, Merak Hijau adalah burung yang pandai terbang.

Pada musim kawin, burung jantan memamerkan bulu ekornya di depan burung betina. Bulu-bulu penutup ekor dibuka membentuk kipas dengan bintik berbentuk mata. Burung betina menetaskan tiga sampai enam telur.Pakan burung Merak Hijau terdiri dari aneka biji-bijian, pucuk rumput dan dedaunan, aneka serangga, serta berbagai jenis hewan kecil seperti laba-laba, cacing dan kadal kecil.

The Green Peafowl / Java Peafowl

The Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus is a large galliform bird that is found in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. It is also known as the Java Peafowl, but this term is properly used to describe the nominate subspecies endemic to the island of Java. It is the closest relative of the Indian Peafowl or Blue Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

Java Peafowl is one of three species of Peafowl bird existing.this species also has beautiful green golden feathers. The males are very large, Its length can reach 300 cm, with a very long tail cover. There is a upright crest on its head. crested and glossy color that is intended to attract the opposite sex. Female birds are smaller than male birds. It has Less shiny feathers, grayish green and without adorned the tail cover feathers.

Java Peafowl population scattered in open woodlands with grasslands in the People's Republic of China, Indochina and Java, Indonesia. Before java Peafowl also found in India, Bangladesh and Malaysia, but now extinct there. Although very large, java Peafowl is a clever bird to fly.

In the breeding season, male birds show off their tail feathers in front of female birds. Tail feathers cover is opened to form a fan-shaped with specks eyes. Female birds incubate three to six eggs.

Green Peafowl bird feed consisting of a variety of grains, grass shoots and leaves, various insects, as well as a variety of small animals such as spiders, worms and small lizards.