Abstrakt

POPULATION STATUS AND CONSERVATION THREATS OF INDIAN PEAFOWL (PAVO CRISTATUS LINNAEUS, 1758) IN KARUR DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU, SOUTHERN

Deepan R*, Samson A and Leona Princy J

The present study aimed to assess the population dynamic and threats faced by the peafowl in Karur district, Tamil Nadu from September 2017 to February 2018. In 576 sighting, about 1356 individual Indian peafowl were recorded between 600 km with an encounter rate (ER) of 2.26 (5.89