Can anyone give us a little bit about Peacock?

The peacock is more than 2 meters long, of which the tail screen is about one meter, which is the largest in the chicken-shaped order. The top of the head is emerald green, and the crest of the feathers is blue-green and pointed; The tail feathers are particularly long, forming a tail screen, which is bright and beautiful; True tail feathers are short and blackish-brown in color. The female has no tail screen, and her plumage is dark brown and patchy.

There are two types of peacocks: green peacock and blue peacock. The green peafowl, also known as the Javan peacock, is distributed in the southern part of Yunnan Province, China, and is a national first-class protected animal in China. The blue peafowl, also known as the Indian peafowl, is found in India and Sri Lanka.

The blue peafowl also has two mutant forms: the white peacock and the black peacock. Artificially cultivated mainly refers to blue peacocks.

Green peafowl is only found in southern Yunnan, where they inhabit river valleys below 2,000 meters above sea level, and also live in open areas with shrubs, bamboo forests, and woods. It is more common to be active in pairs, and there are also groups of three or five. The diet consists mainly of mushrooms, young grasses, leaves, termites and other insects.

It enters the breeding period in mid-February every year, and lays 4-8 eggs per nest.

The peacock's wings are less developed and fly slowly and appear clumsy, only slightly faster when descending and gliding. But his legs are strong and powerful, and he is good at walking, and when he escapes, he mostly strides and gallops. Foraging activity, walking in the same position as chickens, nodding as they walk.

Peacock is a pheasant family peacock bird, is the most beautiful ornamental bird, but also auspicious, kind, beautiful, luxurious symbol, can naturally open the screen can only be the male peacock, male peacock tail screen, but also keep making a variety of beautiful dance moves, to the female peacock to show off their beauty, in order to attract female peacocks.

Peacock is a rare bird that can be artificially bred, has ornamental value, and has been widely promoted in China, and the characteristics of peacock breeds are introduced as follows

1. The appearance of the blue peacock and the green peacock is slightly different, the legs, neck and feathers of the blue peacock are shorter, and they lack saddle feathers and have a loud chirp.

2. The male body feathers of the peacock are shining, the body is covered with emerald green, the lower back shines with copper luster, its tail feathers are more than 1 meter long, and the feathers are decorated with eye-like spots, which are composed of purple, blue, yellow, red, etc., and the tail feathers are dazzling when the screen is opened, gorgeous, exquisite, and can be ingenious, breathtaking. The body feathers of the female are grayish-brown, without tail screen, and without distance. The adult peacock weighs about kilograms, and the female peacock weighs 5 kilograms.

Peacocks grow rapidly and have an economic maturity period of 8 months.

3. Under artificial domestication, the sexual maturity period is 2 3 years, and 3 July is the breeding season. It lays 20 30 eggs per year, weighs 120 140 grams, is milky white, brown or yellow, and has no spots. Generally, 1 egg is laid every 1 day.

The ratio of male to female peacock is 1:(2 3). Egg laying begins 15 days after mating.

Moulting is carried out in August and October every year, and it generally takes 1 2 years to complete the male peacock tail screen. The age of cultivation is 5 to 6 years, and the life span is up to 20 to 25 years.

The peacock screen is considered to be the signature behavior characteristics of the peacock, and the characteristics of the peacock screen:

1. The only thing that can be opened naturally is the male peacock, which conforms to the laws of nature, and the male is more beautiful among the peacocks, while the female is not good-looking.

2. The peacock opening is for courtship and defense, so the peacock opening is not only a reproductive behavior, but also a defensive behavior.

3. The most prosperous time for peacocks is in March and April, and the wild peacocks living in the rainforest of Yunnan in China are also opened at this time, which is their breeding season.