Peacock Facts
The magestic bird Peacock, Pavo cristatus is a symbol of beauty, joy, grace and love. This colourful bird has a fan-shaped crest on its head, a white patch under its eye and a long-slender neck.
Peacock is found large in number in India. They live in forest lands near water and are also domesticated in some villages. in Christianity, the Peacock is known as the symbol of ‘Resurrection’.
The male peacock has iridescent blue-green or green colored plumage. It’s tail is not the tail quill feathers but the highly elongated upper tail coverts. The eyes are best seen when it fans its tail.
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