Perhaps over time this is where wikipedia can use its powers for good and help clear the misconceptions of what the terms peacock, peahen and peafowl refer to. Taxonomy and naming. Carl Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae in 1758 assigned to the Indian peafowl the technical name of Pavo cristatus (means "crested peafowl" in classical Latin).. The earliest usage of the word in written English is from around 1300 and spelling variants include pecok, pekok, pecokk, peacocke, peocock, pyckock, poucock, pocok, pokok, pokokke, and poocok among others. Loopy30 17:05, 20 February 2017 (UTC) Oppose - strongly: Peacock and a peafowl are not synonyms.

White Peacock Bird Information By Contributor | Updated November 01, 2017. The colorful Indian blue peacock (pavo cristatus) is known for the male’s impressive tail of many brilliant colors.