Peacock Feathers Painted
by Sandi OReilly
Title
Peacock Feathers Painted
Artist
Sandi OReilly
Medium
Photograph - Photography,painting, Digital Painting
Description
This peacock is from our Natural Science Center, Sciquarium and Zoological park. The Indian peacock has iridescent blue and green plumage, mostly metallic blue and green, but the green peacock has green and bronze body feathers. In both species, females are as big as males, but lack the train and the head ornament. The peacock "tail", known as a "train", consists not of tail quill feathers, but highly elongated upper tail coverts. These feathers are marked with eyespots, best seen when a peacock fans his tail. Both sexes of all species have a crest atop the head. The Indian peahen has a mixture of dull grey, brown, and green in her plumage. The female also displays her plumage to ward off female competition or signal danger to her young.
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February 3rd, 2019
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