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Male blue peacock displaying with its tail

Plumage of the Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), also known as the blue peafowl. Wildlife bird.

Peacock in Kanha National Park. Madhya Pradesh, India

Peacock blue

Beautiful peacock at the zoo

Photograph of a Peacock

a peacock display inside a forest in bandhavgarh national park - India

Peacock begins to expand its tail by shimmering and shaking until fully erect

Male peacock feathers open

Peacock tail close-up

Front view to a dancing peacock

The Indian peafowl also known as peacock, and blue peafowl, has been introduced to many other countries. The male peacock is brightly coloured, with a predominantly blue fan-like crest of spatula-tipped wire-like feathers and is best known for the long train made up of elongated upper-tail covert feathers which bear colourful eyespots. These stiff feathers are raised into a fan and quivered in a display during courtship. Despite the length and size of these covert feathers, peacocks are still capable of flight. The Indian peafowl lives mainly on the ground in open forest or on land under cultivation where they forage for berries, grains but also prey on snakes, lizards, and small rodents. Their loud calls make them easy to detect, and in forest areas often indicate the presence of a predator such as a tiger. They forage on the ground in small groups and usually try to escape on foot through undergrowth and avoid flying, though they fly into tall trees to roost. The function of the peacock's elaborate train has been debated for over a century. Charles Darwin found it a puzzle, hard to explain through ordinary natural selection. Despite extensive study, opinions remain divided on the mechanisms involved. The bird is celebrated in Hindu and Greek mythology and is the national bird of India.

An Indian peafowl on display at the Los Angeles County Arboretum.

backside view when a Peacock displaying its train

Blue Peacock in full display at Jardim Botanical Garden, Lisbon, Portugal

Beautiful Peacock in the park.

peacock

Natural light spring time

Blue peacock, Florida

Beautiful tail of the peacock in the local zoo

Peacock with feathers out

A spacious park with animals far from the city. A peacock performs a mating dance. Back view.

Beauty in nature

Close up of colorful peacock with his feathers fanned out

Peacock with its beautiful colours spreading its feathers

Closed up beautiful male Green peafowl (Pavo muticus) or Java peafowl, angle view, front shot, display on the ground in the grassland under the clear sky in wildlife sanctuary in tropical montane forest, northern of Thailand.

Peafowl feather features

Peackock walking down trail in forest

Indian peafowl captured in a public park while performing courtship . The image shows the entire animal with its beautiful feathers.

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