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The Congo Peafowl

Poser Animals posted on Jul 23, 2019
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When people think of peacocks, a picture of the huge wispy fan display of a hundred eyes comes to mind. Few (except for bird nerds like me) know that there are actually three different species of peafowl in the world and while two of them do have those spectacular displays, the third type looks much more like a grouse or guinea-fowl. The Congo Peafowl as one might expect is endemic to the Congo Basin. It occurs in both primary and secondary forest in Salonga National Park. It is classified as a "Vulnerable" species with its wild population estimated between 2,500 and 9,000 adult individuals. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by mining, shifting cultivation and logging. It primarily eats fruits and insects. As with all peafowl, it is sexually dimorphic (meaning that males and females look significantly different). It has physical characteristics of both the peafowl and the guineafowl, which may indicate that the Congo peacock is a link between the two families. Both sexes of this peafowl somewhat resemble immature Javan peafowl; so much so that early stuffed birds being erroneously classified as such before they were officially designated as members of a unique species. This is the national bird of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rendered in Firefly without any postwork. Models include my Kiwi Burrow and Peafowl of the World.

Comments (7)


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mtdana

1:10AM | Wed, 24 July 2019

Interesting to know - cool image!!!

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Kordouane

2:56AM | Wed, 24 July 2019

A beautiful work, these birds are very realistic 🌟

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mininessie

11:13AM | Wed, 24 July 2019

fantastic,very beautiful image!

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rajib

12:41AM | Fri, 26 July 2019

Nice work on the render and thanks for the interesting info on them.

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KarmaSong

4:33PM | Fri, 26 July 2019

Fantastic sense of realism in this superb natural scene ! Way to go ! :turned_ok_hand:

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Flint_Hawk

11:41AM | Tue, 30 July 2019

These are cool Peafowl! I wish they were featured on nature shows!

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STEVIEUKWONDER

1:49AM | Sat, 10 August 2019

Oh, this is classic! Excellent work! Well done!


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