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Indian Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

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Field Notes

Description:

male Indian Peafowl with its brigth blue feathers, unfortunatelly it didn't show his tail feathers. about 1 m long (from tail to head), and 50 cm from the foot to head.
the last photo is the female Indian Peafowl, who was in the same place

Notes:

only the male has bright feathers because it is used for atracting females

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PublishedNovember 7, 2011

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