I love peacocks!
Peacock
Indian peafowl
Visual Appearance
A beautiful long tailed bird.
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Size
Height: 3-4 feet
Length: 35-41
Weight: 8-13 lbs
Environment
Where Found: India and Sri Lanka, while the green peacock is found in Java and Myanmar (Burma)
Habitat: open lowland forests
Diet: fruit, berries, grains, small mammals, reptiles, small snakes and insects
Factoids
- They have huge tails.
- They have short beaks.
- They have circles on their feathers.