These colors, although not all yet recognized by the UPA, are White, Cameo, Purple, Charcoal, Opal, Buford Bronze, Peach, Midnight, Jade, Taupe, Sonja’s Violeta, Hazel and Indigo. However, there are 13 known distinct color mutations that have occurred in the India Blue peafowl. The chance of a genetic mutation occurring is 1 in 1,000,000 and most of them go unnoticed. A mutation occurs in the genetic makeup of a bird that affects the coloring of the feathers and results in different colored peafowl. So, where did all the other colors come from? All other colors of peafowl are the result of genetic mutations that have occurred in the India Blue peafowl.

Therefore, as most of you know, the India Blue peacock is blue and the Greens are green. The neck of the cock bird most often determines the color of the bird. There are 13 different colors of peafowl in addition to the India Blue and the Green. I will also be referring to the species Pavo Cristatus simply as India Blues Most people refer to the Green peafowl generically as Java Greens, which is inaccurate, but for the purpose of this article I will refer to them simply as Green peafowl. The three subspecies of Green peafowl are very similar in appearance and can be differentiated by an experienced breeder or most accurately by DNA testing.

Although many experts agree that there are several more subspecies of Green peafowl, as many as 10, identification of the three most common is sufficient for this article.

These subspecies may also be known by their English terms Javanese Green (m. The green peafowl, Pavo muticus, consists of three very similar, but distinct subspecies including Pavo muticus-muticus, Pavo muticus-imperator, and Pavo muticus-spicifer. Both species of peafowl are native to South Asia. The two species of peafowl most commonly bred in captivity are the Pavo cristatus and the Pavo muticus peafowl better known as the India Blue and Green peafowl. Many of these varieties have not yet been developed

Considering all these color and pattern combinations there are 185 varieties of peafowl possible.

There are five known body patterns, Barred wing, Black shoulder, Pied, White-eyed, and Silver pied.

There are 15 known colors of peafowl: Blue, Green, White, Purple, Cameo, Charcoal, Opal, Bronze, Peach, Midnight, Jade, Taupe, Sonja’s Violeta, Hazel and Indigo.

There are two popular species of peafowl bred in captivity, the India Blue (Pavo cristatus) and the Greens (Pavo muticus).

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