Peacock (Pavo)
Peacocks are best known for the male’s extravagant tail, which it displays as part of courtship. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen, and the youngster a peachick. The female is brown or toned grey and brown. The male Indian Peacock has iridescent blue-green or green colored plumage. The so-called “tail” of the peacock, also termed the “train,” is not the tail quill feathers but highly elongated upper tail coverts. The train feathers have a series of “eyes” that are best seen when the tail is fanned. They are forest birds that nest on the ground but roost in trees. They are terrestrial feeders.
- Weight: 4 to 6 kg (8 – 13 pounds)
- Length: 65 to 75 cm (25.5 to 29.5 inch)
- Tail length: 130 – 160 cm (51 – 63 inch)
- Wing span: 140 – 160 cm (55 – 63 inch)
- Life span: 15 – 20 years
- Diet: Seeds, grain, lentils, ground nuts, green crops, insects, small reptiles, small mammals, berries, drupes, wild figs
- Incubation: 28 days
- No. of eggs: 3 – 8 eggs
