A peacock with its Peacock beautiful features displayed out in a fan is a wonderful sight. We were led to believe that it does do to show its pleasure when it rains. However this is not true.
Peacocks display their colourful features to attract the female. The peacock lifts its tail upward and forward. He then dances about slowly shaking his feathers and letting out high pitched screams.
The female, which is smaller, is known as the peahen and together they are known by peafowl. The male species found in India and Sri Lanka have blue feathers and a metallic blue-green body. The ones found in South-East Asia have green feathers and a green and bronze body. The hens of both are green and brown in colour. They do not have the colourful feathers or crown of their male counterparts.
Peafowl live in open forests. At night they roost in tall trees. They are omnivorous eating small animals and plants. They can also eat young snakes like the cobra.
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