It
is a colorful, swan-sized bird, with a fan-shaped crest of feathers, a
white patch under the eye and a long, slender neck. The male of the
species is more colorful than the female, with a glistening blue
breast and neck and a spectacular bronze-green train of around 200
elongated feathers. The female is brownish, slightly smaller than the
male, and lacks the train. The elaborate courtship dance of the male,
fanning out the tail and preening its feathers, is a gorgeous sight.
The
peacock is widely found in the Indian sub-continent from the south and
east of the Indus river, Jammu and Kashmir, east Assam, south Mizoram
and the whole of the Indian peninsula. Peacocks
are related to pheasants. Found wild in India (and also domesticated
in villages) they live in jungle lands near water.
They
were once bred for food but now hunting of peacocks is banned in
India. The
Peacock enjoys protection from the people as it is never molested for
religious and sentimental reasons. It
is fully protected under the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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