Indian Blue Peafowl

When you first think of eyes you think of normal eyes people use to see things. But you never think of an animal, not only ,with eyes on their head but feathers too. Which brings me to one of the most famous peafowls, the Indian Blue. There are three types of Indian Blue Peafowls: The Peacock (male), Peahen (female), and Peachick (baby/offspring.) These Indian Blue Peafowls, like all, other animals belong in the biggest Kingdom, the Animal Kingdom. Like humans and other animals they have a Phylum which is a Chordata or having a backbone. Even if these peafowls don’t fly much, and when they do only to get away from predators and up into high places. They belong to the Class of Aves that translates into birds. Peafowls along with turkeys, pheasants, and quail are all commonly known to be Galiformes that are in the Phasianidae family. The Genus name of all peafowls is Pavo which translates into peafowl. The species name for these birds are the Pavo Cristatus which again, means peafowl and crested. The common name for this bird is the Indian Blue Peafowl (Indian Peafowl, 2011.) These Indian Blue peafowls are one of the most amazing birds around the world, there are many interesting physical traits, habitats, and facts

about these peafowls.

The Indian Blue Peacock is a swan-sized bird with a long slender neck and a train between 1.4-1.6m long. The Indian Blue are most notable for the male's extravagant tail also known as a train. The train is where all the peacocks feather is located at when they aren’t trying to find a mate. The train makes up about 60% of the peacock’s body length. The train is covered with blue-green feathers each adorned with an eye at the end of each feather. The plumage is also an iridescent blue-green col...

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...he female does not look the same. They have dull colors to help them camouflage while they are protecting their nest and chicks. The chicks also share the mother’s dull color to hide away from lurking predators.

The Indian Blue Peafowls are such exquisite birds it’s kind of shocking to know that they are not endangered. I thought people would surely have captured and stuffed them, then send the peafowls to museums. But it’s nice to know that’s not the case. Even if if the Indian Blues never originated in North America they are still well known across he world and are very interesting creatures. The reason behind me researching this animal is because when I was a kid I used to always be afraid of them but I was always awed by how pretty they looked. Now that I’m older and researched peafowls, I think they are adorable and nothing to be afraid of.