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Special cHArACteRIstICS

fEAtUREs • Coloration of metallic green feathers tipped with black, give the appearance of scales. • bare skin of blue and yellow beneath the eye • Each fan feather has an eyespot called an “ocellus”. • dimorphism

DiEt • Peafowl are omnivorous and eat ticks, termites, ants, locusts, mice, plant parts, flower petals, seed heads, scorpions and other arthropods, reptiles, and amphibians. • cracked corn, shelled corn, oats, rabbit chow, trout food, grass, seed mixes • it feeds on young cobras

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Male peafowl are called peacocks, females are peahens and the

young are peachicks fUN fACts

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the male peafowl is one of the largest flying birds in the world

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The summoning call is loud, repeated, happens sometimes at

night, and sounds, to some people, like a woman screaming. •

screaming alarm cry that in the wild warns other animals of

the presence of a predator •

unpleasant wailing cry, especially before a rainfall