The Indian peafowl does not migrate or travel far, and is most often found in open deciduous forests; in its native range it occurs at about 900 to 1,200 m above sea level, and it adapts to climates much colder than those of its native range, tolerating southern British winters in captivity with a simple shelter.
The original home of the Indian peafowl is India and Sri Lanka, and it also occurs naturally in Pakistan and Nepal; it does not migrate. It is kept in captivity in many countries of the world because of the trade in it.
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Besides its native range in South Asia, introduced-species records (GRIIS and others) compiled in GBIF record the Indian peafowl as introduced and present in the United Arab Emirates, Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Cyprus, Czechia, Ecuador, France, the United Kingdom, Israel, Italy, Japan, Saint Lucia, the Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, the Netherlands, New Zealand and South Africa.
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