The peacock is a medium-sized, colorful bird belonging to the pheasant family. The bird is native to Asia. The peacock is the national bird of India.
Amazing Facts about peacock:-
- Peacock is a male bird. The female is termed as ‘peahen’, and babies ‘pea chicks’. Males are usually larger than the females and have longer tails.
- A group of female peafowls is called a ‘Bevy’.
- The male birds are very simple when they hatch. This mean, Peacocks are not born with a fancy tail.
- Male offspring look like their mothers at a young age. After 6 months, the males begin to look different from female.
- The peacocks take on a fresh feather set each year after the old set is discarded.
- A male peacock can live for 20 years.
- Peacocks are flying birds. but they cannot fly long distances due to the heavy tails.
- The white peafowl is not vivid. A gene mutation causes peacocks to lose their pigmentation that turns them into while "peafowls".
- Peacock can send out fake mating calls. When they want to draw the female attention than they actually send out fake copulative mating calls.
- Peacock feathers are covered with small crystals that glow and attractive. These crystal-like structures reflect light which gives the fluorescent look to the feathers.
- Mongoose, tigers, cats, and wolves in the wild are the main predictor.
- Peacocks stay on the trees, sometimes for whole days, to save themselves from predators,
- Peacocks are omnivores. They eat insects, seeds and lizards.
- The male is the prettier one, but when it comes to choosing a mate, the female reserves the right to reject. Color and tail feathers are considered when accepting a mating call.
- Peacocks are sacred birds for Hindus in India.
- Peacocks are not solitary birds. They feel very lonely and unhappy when kept alone. Even they let out unpleasant voice to express their grief.
- Tigers and lions hate this bird because Their call is also one of the loudest and it warns the wild animals about the upcoming dangers.
- Peacock is a male bird. The female is termed as ‘peahen’, and babies ‘pea chicks’. Males are usually larger than the females and have longer tails.
- A group of female peafowls is called a ‘Bevy’.
- The male birds are very simple when they hatch. This mean, Peacocks are not born with a fancy tail.
- Male offspring look like their mothers at a young age. After 6 months, the males begin to look different from female.
- The peacocks take on a fresh feather set each year after the old set is discarded.
- A male peacock can live for 20 years.
- Peacocks are flying birds. but they cannot fly long distances due to the heavy tails.
- The white peafowl is not vivid. A gene mutation causes peacocks to lose their pigmentation that turns them into while "peafowls".
- Peacock can send out fake mating calls. When they want to draw the female attention than they actually send out fake copulative mating calls.
- Peacock feathers are covered with small crystals that glow and attractive. These crystal-like structures reflect light which gives the fluorescent look to the feathers.
- Mongoose, tigers, cats, and wolves in the wild are the main predictor.
- Peacocks stay on the trees, sometimes for whole days, to save themselves from predators,
- Peacocks are omnivores. They eat insects, seeds and lizards.
- The male is the prettier one, but when it comes to choosing a mate, the female reserves the right to reject. Color and tail feathers are considered when accepting a mating call.
- Peacocks are sacred birds for Hindus in India.
- Peacocks are not solitary birds. They feel very lonely and unhappy when kept alone. Even they let out unpleasant voice to express their grief.
- Tigers and lions hate this bird because Their call is also one of the loudest and it warns the wild animals about the upcoming dangers.
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