The Show Off
by Sandra Bronstein
Title
The Show Off
Artist
Sandra Bronstein
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Fine Art Photography - Digital Art
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2013 Sandra Bronstein Photography. All Rights Reserved.
Peafowl are two species of flying birds in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae, best known for the male's extravagant eye-spotted tail, which it displays as part of courtship. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen, and the offspring pea chicks The adult female peafowl is grey and/or brown, rather plain in appearance. The peachicks can be between yellow and a tawny color with darker brown patches or light tan and ivory also referred to as "dirty white". The male (peacock) has iridescent blue-green or green colored plumage. The peacock tail, otherwise known as a train, is not the tail quill feathers but the highly elongated upper tail covert feathers. The "eyes" are best seen when the peacock fans its tail. Like a cupped hand behind the ear, the erect tail-fan of the male helps direct sound to the ears. Both species have a crest atop the head. The female (peahen) Indian Peafowl has a mixture of dull green, brown, and grey in her plumage. She lacks the long upper tail coverts of the male but has a crest. The female can also display her plumage to ward off female competition or signal danger to her young.
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