Pavo bravardi
| Pavo bravardi Temporal range: Pliocene to early Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Pavo |
| Species: | †P. bravardi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pavo bravardi Gervais, 1849
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Pavo bravardi is an extinct species of peafowl belonging into the genus Pavo that once lived in Europe. Fossils of this species have been recovered from Pliocene to early Pleistocene deposits of France, Moldova, Bulgaria and Greece.[1] It was originally described as a species of Gallus, but was transferred to Pavo by Cécile Mourer-Chauviré in 1988.[2] It was larger than both the Indian peafowl and green peafowl in size.
References
[edit]- ^ Zlatozar, Boev; Koufos,George D. (2000). "Presence of Pavo bravardi (Gervais, 1849) (Aves, Phasianidae) in the Ruscinian locality of Megalo Emvolon, Macedonia, Greece". Geologica Balcanica. 30: 69–74.
- ^ Chauviré , Cécile Mourer (1988). "A peafowl from the Pliocene of Perpignan, France". Palaeontology. 32: 439–446.