Peafowl - Peacock by Kordouane

Photography • Animals • posted on Jan 04, 2018

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Description

The Indian peacock has iridescent blue and green plumage, mostly metallic blue and green. But the green peacock has green and bronze body feathers. Both species are as big as the male but lack the train and the head ornament. The peacock "tail," known as a "train," consists not of tail quill feathers, but highly elongated upper tail coverts. These feathers are marked with eyespots, best seen when a peacock fans his tail. Both sexes of all species have a crest atop the head. The Indian peahen has a mixture of dull grey, brown, and green in her plumage. The female also displays her plumage to ward off female competition or signal danger to her young.

Comments (7)

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Jean_C

7:08AM | Thu, 04 January 2018

Superbe oiseau bien sûr, et excellente prise de vue, Mo!

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beachsidelegs

7:51AM | Thu, 04 January 2018

They are a stunning bird love them :)

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QuietRiot

12:01PM | Thu, 04 January 2018

I have 12 of these beautiful boys running around in the yard right now. (well actually, they're sunning themselves) They are very long lived. Our oldest was 22 when she died.

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