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Peacocks
Peacocks are male peafowl characterized by their colorful tail feathers. They are omnivorous, eating seeds, insects, berries and other plants. Male peacocks have extravagant tail feathers with eye-like designs used to attract mates. Peafowl live in parts of Asia, Africa and zoos, are not endangered, and can live up to 20 years.
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Peacocks
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- 2. What is aPeacock? A peacock is a male peafowl and a female peafowl is called a peahen. Their offspring are called peachicks when they reach one year old. Where’s the food?
- 3. What Do TheyEat? In the wild peafowl feed on seeds, insects, flower heads, berries, and other nutritious items. Which means that they are omnivores.
- 4. What Do TheyLook Like? The peafowl is green, blue, brown and grey.They also have beautiful tail feathers that have what looks like eye designs on them.
- 5. How Do TheyReproduce? Peafowl reproduce by laying eggs.They begin breeding at age 3 for peacocks and age 2 for peahens. Get us out of here!
- 6. How Many ChicksDo They Have? They have about 3 to 8 chicks depending on how well they protect and raise their eggs.
- 7. Are they Warmor Cold Blooded? Peafowl are warm-blooded which means that their body temperature stays at the same degree all the time because they make their own body heat.
- 8. What Is TheirBody Covering? They are covered in colorful feathers because birds, and only birds have feathers. The feather colors depend on which peafowl you are looking at.
- 9. Peacock Unveiling ItsFeathers
- 10. Scientific Name The scientificname of a peafowl is Pavo Cristatus.
- 11. How Do TheyProtect Themselves? There are many ways for peafowl to protect themselves such as, kicking thorns on their feet, their tail feathers are detachable and they help them camouflage in with the surroundings, they also flutter into short trees as their last resort.
- 12. What Size AreThey? The female peafowl is about 35 to 43 inches long and they weigh about 6 to 8.8 pounds.The male peafowl is about 70 to 98 inches long and they weigh 8 to 13 pounds.
- 13. Where Do TheyLive and How Do They Travel? Peafowl have many different types and they all live in different places, but they all have the same walk and strut.The Green peafowl lives in Java and Burma, the Indian Blue peafowl lives in India and Sri Lanka, and the Congo peafowl lives in African rainforests.They all live in zoos as well.
- 14. Different Types ● IndianBlue Peafowl ● Congo Peafowl ● Green Peafowl ● Albino Peafowl
- 15. Do Peafowl Migrateor Hibernate and How Do They Breathe? Peafowl do not migrate or hibernate because wherever they live is warm and they breathe through their lungs.
- 16. Are They Endangered? Peafowlare not endangered and their population is stable.
- 17. Fun Facts ★ Agroup of peafowl is called an ostentation ★ They live 15 to 20 years ★ Babies weigh 3.6 ounces right after hatching ★ Peafowl can cost as low as $35 and as high as $275 ★ Peafowl are one of the largest flying birds ★ A one day old baby peafowl can walk, eat, and drink without assistance ★ Some predators of the peafowl are mongooses, jungle cats, stray dogs, leopards, and tigers ★ Peafowl also do not have to be killed for feathers because they shed them ★ The Indian peafowl is the national bird of India
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- 20. Fun Activities Here isthe website for the coloring page http://www.allaboutnature.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Peafowlprintout.shtml
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