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Indian Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

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Field Notes

Description:

peacock male

Habitat:

lives in our yard fossicks around looking for snakes .likes to socilize with our ducks and chook loves mirrors and anything shiny lives in the high trees at night near our chook yard dosnt like the rain and likes to sit on our childs cubbyout of the rain likes hot days but seems to have a seista after lunch .

Notes:

glonk is what we called him is 8 months in the picture in the cage when we first got him he is now a free range peacock and he follows me around our large yard he also loves to chase the lawnmower for the grass that is flying out the side .they are know as snake killers and we did not see any last year when we got him but 12 the year before . at dusk he heads to his high tree for the night .he is just starting to get his long feathers and is almost 2 years old .

Species ID Suggestions

Pavo cristatus

Comments (2)

thanks he is an unusal pet .we love him .and no snakes at our yard so far since we got him..

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PublishedNovember 7, 2011

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