2848 x 4288 px | 24,1 x 36,3 cm | 9,5 x 14,3 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
8. November 2013
Ort:
Tiruvannamalai Arunachala Hill Tamil Nadu Southern India
Weitere Informationen:
Peafowl include two Asiatic species (the blue or Indian peafowl originally of India and Sri Lanka and the green peafowl of Burma, Indochina, and Java) and one African species (the Congo peacock native only to the Congo Basin) of bird in the genus Pavo and Afropavo of the phasianidae family, the pheasants and their allies, known for the male's piercing call and, among the Asiatic species, his extravagant eye-spotted tail covert feathers which he displays as part of a courtship ritual. The male is properly called a peacock, the female a peahen, and the immature offspring peachicks. The adult female green peahen is coloured similarly to the male, whilst that of the Indian and African varieties is dull grey and/or brown. Peachicks of both sexes vary in colour between yellow and tawny usually with patches of darker brown or light tan and "dirty white" ivory. The Indian peacock has iridescent blue and green plumage. The peacock tail ("train") is not the tail quill feathers but the highly elongated upper tail covert feathers. The "eyes" are best seen when the peacock fans its 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. A green peafowl The even more splendid green peafowl differs from the Indian peafowl in that the male has green and gold plumage with black wings with a sheen of blue. Unlike the Indian peafowl, the green peahen is similar to the male, only having shorter upper tail coverts, a more coppery neck, and overall less iridescence. The Congo peacock male does not display his covert feathers but uses his actual tail feathers during courtship displays. These feathers are also much shorter than those of the Indian and green varieties, and the ocelli are much less pronounced. A leucistic Indian peacock Occasionally peafowl appear with white plumage.