Pakhi dekhoon pakhi Chinoon...INDIAN PEAFOWL or Blue Peafowl ...Observe the Birds and recognize

Pakhi dekhoon pakhi Chinoon...INDIAN PEAFOWL or Blue Peafowl ...Observe the Birds and recognize...[ Refference photo Mr. Mann Arya] ... A3 ... Watercolour and pens... 2015... INDIAN PEAFOWL or Blue Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is a large and brightly coloured bird of the pheasant family native to South Asia, but introduced and semi-feral in many other parts of the world. The species was first named and described by Linnaeus in 1758. The name Pavo cristatus is still in use now. The male peacock is predominantly blue with a fan-like crest of spatula-tipped wire-like feathers and is best known for the long train made up of elongated upper-tail covert feathers which bear colourful eyespots. These stiff and elongated feathers are raised into a fan and quivered in a display during courtship. The female lacks the train, has a greenish lower neck and a duller brown plumage.
The male, known as a peacock, is a large bird with a length from bill to tail of 100 to 115 cm (40 to 46 inches) and to the end of a fully grown train as much as 195 to 225 cm (78 to 90 inches) and weigh 4–6 kg (8.8–13.2 lbs). The females, or peahens, are smaller at around 95 cm (38 inches) in length and weigh 2.75–4 kg (6–8.8 lbs).
Peafowl are omnivorous and eat seeds, insects, fruits, small mammals and reptiles. They feed on small snakes but keep their distance from larger ones.
Designated the national bird of India in 1963.[INFO:WIKIPEDIA]