PeaDetect Dataset: Curated Audio Recordings of Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) Vocalizations for Bioacoustic Monitoring

This dataset was curated mainly to use as an enabling technology for mitigation strategies for the human-peafowl conflict that exists in most regions in Sri Lanka and India. The absence of natural predators has contributed to a significant increase in the peafowl population, exacerbating challenges for farmers. Peafowls are sometimes considered agricultural pests due to their tendency to feed on and damage crops. The vocalizations are from the Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus), a species native to the Indian subcontinent and especially abundant in India and Sri Lanka. Peafowl belong to the genus Pavo in the family Phasianidae. "Peafowl" refers to both males (peacocks) and females (peahens). Users of this dataset are required to cite the following publications: R. Puvanendran, A. P. Sayakkara, S. S. Seneviratne, T. Jayarathna, and R. G. Ragel, "PeaDetect Dataset: Curated Audio Recordings of Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) Vocalizations for Bioacoustic Monitoring," Data in Brief, Art. no. 113038, 2026. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2026.113038本数据集主要旨在作为斯里兰卡和印度多数地区人-蓝孔雀冲突缓解策略的支撑技术而构建。由于缺乏自然天敌，蓝孔雀种群数量显著增长，进一步加剧了农户面临的生产难题。蓝孔雀因取食并损毁农作物的习性，有时被视为农业害虫。本数据集的音频样本采集自蓝孔雀（Indian Peafowl，Pavo cristatus），该物种原产于印度次大陆，在印度与斯里兰卡境内分布尤为广泛。蓝孔雀隶属于雉科（Phasianidae）孔雀属（Pavo），"Peafowl"一词可同时指代雄性蓝孔雀（peacocks）与雌性蓝孔雀（peahens）。 本数据集使用者需引用以下文献： R. Puvanendran、A. P. Sayakkara、S. S. Seneviratne、T. Jayarathna 及 R. G. Ragel，《PeaDetect数据集：用于生物声学监测的蓝孔雀（Pavo cristatus）鸣声精心整理录音集》，《数据简报》（Data in Brief），文章编号113038，2026年。DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2026.113038