Blue peafowl
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| Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758
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The blue peafowl or Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is a bird native to the Indian subcontinent.[1]
There is a noticeable sexual dimorphism in the Indian peafowl. Best renowned for their lengthy train, the vividly colored male features a blue head with a fan-shaped crest. Long upper-tail covert feathers with colorful eyespots make up the train. During courtship, these rigid feathers are lifted into a fan and trembled in a show. The peahen lacks the ornate train and is primarily brown in color, with a white face and an iridescent green lower neck. The leucistic white peafowl is one of the several color variations of the Indian peafowl.
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