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, BulgariaBoev, Z. 2001 Early Pliocene avifauna of Muselievo (C Northern Bulgaria) - Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 44 (1): 37-52. and Greece. It was originally described as a species of Gallus, but was transferred to Pavo by Cécile Mourer-Chauviré in 1989. It was larger than both the Indian peafowl and green peafowl in size.
In the Pliocene on the Balkan Peninsula, Bravard's peafowl coexisted with ptarmigans (Lagopus sp.)Boev, Zlatorar (1998). "Peafowls (g. Pavo Linnaeus, 1758) and Ptarmigans (g. Lagopus Brisson, 1760): an unique coexistance in North Bulgaria over 3 m. y. ago". - Biogeographia, Nuova Serie, Siena, 19 – 1997: 219-222. Peafowl were widespread on the Balkan Peninsula and in Southeastern Europe until the end of the Pliocene.
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