Peacock is the
national bird of India. It is known for its beautiful feathers. Actually the
word peacock refers to the male peacock. The female is referred as peahen. The
female peahen is smaller and brown in color .
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| PEAFOWL EGGS |
The peahens are known to choose
their mates according to their color, size and quality of
their trains. The peahens lay 2-3 eggs that can be hatched in twenty eight
days. The collective name for peacock
and peahen is pea fowl which belong s to pheasant family. The Indian
peacock , Pavo cristatus is a colorful
swan sized bird with a fan shaped crest of feathers. Peacocks can weigh up to four
to six kg and the body length of the peacock can go up to 1.5 meters. Generally
peacocks can live up to 15 to 20 years . the well cared for captive birds can
live up to 40 years and above.
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| WHITE PEACOCK |
Blue peacock is regarded as one of the attractive bird with its beauty
throughout the world . One the unique
feature of blue peacock us their beautiful train comprising of tail feathers which is 1.4 to 1.6 meters
long that comprises more than 60 percent
of its body length and has markings on it that shine gold, blue, red and green.
It look like they have eyes inside this markings. The peacock attracts the
peahen by erecting the train into
fabulous fan. In wild peafowl are usually roost in trees at nights and gather in groups .there are two types of
peafowls. The blue peafowls can be found in India and Srilanka. The white
peafowls are native to Java and Burma. White peacocks are same as Indian blue
peacocks in behavior, size and the only
difference is they are white in color. The white peacock was believed to bring
luck and long and happy marriage. The white peacock is the bird of ethernal beauty and elegance.
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| PEAFOWL BREEDS |
The peacocks
are mentioned in Greek, Indian, Roman mythologies. In Greek mythology it is
known as the Hera which the queen of god. It is also mentioned in ancient Greek
play “the birds “ by Aristophanes. The Hindus
considered peacock as the sacred bird because lord muruga son of lord siva rides on its back. The Phonecians bought the
peacock to the Egypt and Syria. Peafowl originally came from India, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka and Himalayas. peacocks symbolizes pride, grace and beauty. Peacock was considered a great delicacy in
early days.
Peacocks eat termites, ants, locusts, mice, plants, flower
petels, seed heads, scorpions, reptiles,ticks, amphibians, anthropods etc. Peacocks can fly but only for a short
distance. Peacocks live anywhere as they are provided with proper shelter. It
was said that The peacock dances in the monsoon. The peacock population is dwindling
fast due to habitat loss and poaching. In Rajastan thousands of peacocks have
been hunted for their flesh and feathers. A survey by People for Animals (PFA)
has showed that as many as 10 peacocks
were being killed per day in rajasthan.13 villages in 14 districts are said to
be most dangerous places for peacocks in the state. On an average peacock
feathers is sold at US $6 to 8 in
international market. Use of poisonous pesticides in farms also kills the peacock.
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