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Indian Peafowl (Peacock)

The Indian peafowl or blue peafowl , a large and brightly colored bird, is a species of peafowl native to South Asia.

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Galliformes

Family:Phasianidae

Subfamily: Phasianinae

Genus: Pavo

Species:P. cristatus

 

The male peacock is predominantly blue with a fan-like crest of spatula-tipped wire-like feathers and is best known for the long train made up of elongated upper-tail covert feathers which bear colorful. These stiff feathers are raised into a fan and quivered in a display during courtship.

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Uploaded on October 5, 2015