Conservation and Management of the National Bird, Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus, in Urban Green Areas of Delhi, India

Abstract

perching height was negatively correlated with human disturbance and positively correlated with ground cover and canopy cover in every park. Peafowl predominately roosted in and A total of 173 observations were made on feeding items (62.5% plant items and 37.5% animal matter). The niche breadth of peafowl varied from 0.36 in January to 0.85 in June. This study was important from the management point of view by keeping harmony with humans and prevailing conditions of urban parks. We observed variability in independent parameters in different parks and made recommendations to conserve the peafowl and to mitigate the threats upon them in different urban parks of Delhi. AbstractIntroduction: