Pride of Peacock

I took this shot at High Park Zoo in Toronto. I had other shots that the peacock opened their plumage but I also liked this shot when he sat... more

by Lingfai Leung

Title

Pride of Peacock

Artist

Lingfai Leung

Medium

Photograph - Photographs

Description

I took this shot at High Park Zoo in Toronto. I had other shots that the peacock opened their plumage but I also liked this shot when he sat gracefully with pride.

Peafowl are two Asiatic and one African species of flying bird in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae, best known for the male's extravagant eye-spotted tail covert feathers, which it displays as part of courtship. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen, and the offspring pea chicks.
The male (peacock) Indian Peafowl has iridescent blue-green or green colored plumage. The peacock tail ("train") is not the tail quill feathers but the highly elongated upper tail covert feathers. The "eyes" are best seen when the peacock fans its tail. Like a cupped hand behind the ear, the erect tail-fan of the male helps direct sound to the ears.

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April 26th, 2013