Peacock (Pavo cristatus), Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
Wild bird. Peafowls are members of the pheasant family. Many people do not realise that the male's long train of iridescent green feathers with eye-like markings is not in fact the tail, which is short and brown. The train consists of greatly elongated upper tail-coverts. Sedentary species restricted to the Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka.
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Peacock (Pavo cristatus), Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
Wild bird. Peafowls are members of the pheasant family. Many people do not realise that the male's long train of iridescent green feathers with eye-like markings is not in fact the tail, which is short and brown. The train consists of greatly elongated upper tail-coverts. Sedentary species restricted to the Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka.
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Uploaded on October 31, 2023
Taken on December 23, 2013