"with a diet consisting mainly of fruits and insects. In Salonga National Park, its diet is taxonomically narrower in secondary forest than in primary forest. The male has a similar display to that of other species of peafowl, though the Congo peacock actually fans its tail feathers while other peacocks fan their upper tail covert feathers. The Congo peafowl is monogamous, though detailed mating information from the wild is still needed. The peacock of the species has a high-pitched """"gowe"""" calling noise while the peahen emits a low """"gowah"""". They have loud duets consisting of """"rro-ho-ho-o-a"""" from both sexes. The"
"peafowl are believed to be polygamous. In common with other members of the Galliformes, the males possess metatarsal spurs or ""thorns"" on their legs used during intraspecific territorial fights with other members of their kind. Peafowl are omnivores and eat mostly plant parts, flower petals, seed heads, insects and other arthropods, reptiles, and amphibians. Wild peafowl look for their food scratching around in leaf litter either early in the morning or at dusk. They retreat to the shade and security of the woods for the hottest portion of the day. These birds are not picky and will eat almost anything"
"mechanism involved). The peafowl constitute conspicuous illustrations of the principle. The ornate plumage of peacocks, as used in the courting display, attracts peahens. At first sight one might mistake peacocks and peahens for completely different species because of the vibrant colours and the sheer size of the male's plumage; the peahen being of a subdued brown coloration. The plumage of the peacock increases its vulnerability to predators because it is a hindrance in flight, and it renders the bird conspicuous in general. Similar examples are manifold, such as in birds of paradise and argus pheasants. Another example of sexual dichromatism"
"in the male and in the peahen it produces a dilution of colour with creamy white and brown markings. Other variations include the pied and white forms all of which are the result of allelic variation at specific loci. Cross between a male green peafowl, ""Pavo muticus"" and a female Indian peafowl, ""P. cristatus"", produces a stable hybrid called a ""spalding"", named after Mrs. Keith Spalding, a bird fancier in California. There can be problems if birds of unknown pedigree are released into the wild, as the viability of such hybrids and their offspring is often reduced (see Haldane's Rule"
"exceed 120 cm (47 in). The galliform bird species with the largest wingspan and largest overall length (including a train of over 6 feet) is most likely the green peafowl (""Pavo muticus""). Most galliform genera are plump-bodied with thick necks and moderately long legs, with rounded and rather short wings. Grouse, pheasants, francolins, and partridges are typical in their outwardly corpulent silhouettes. Adult males of many galliform birds have one to several sharp horny spurs on the back of each leg, which they use for fighting. In several lineages, pronounced sexual dimorphism occurs, and among each galliform clade, the more"
"to describe the typical walking style of the species. The huge adult male great bustard is possibly the heaviest living flying animal. It is also arguably the most sexual dimorphic extant bird species, in terms of the size difference between males and females. Going on mass, the only known bird with a higher dimorphism is the green peafowl (""Pavo muticus"") as the males are apparently near four times as heavy as the female. Among both bustards and all living birds, the upper reported mass of this species is rivaled by that of the kori bustard (""Ardeotis kori""), which, due to"
"Papilio palinurus Papilio palinurus, the emerald swallowtail, emerald peacock or green-banded peacock, is a butterfly of the genus ""Papilio"" belonging to the family Papilionidae. It is native to Southeast Asia, but is regularly kept in butterfly houses around the world. There are several subspecies (from Burma, Borneo, Indonesia, Nias and the Philippines). The genus name ""Papilio"" comes from the Latin word ""papilio"" meaning butterfly. The species name ""palinurus"" derives from Palinurus, the name of the pilot of Aeneas's boat in Virgil's ""Aeneid"". ""Papilio palinurus"" has a wingspan reaching about . The dorsal sides of the wings are covered by a"
"feral population of peafowl in Whipsnade Wildlife Park in southern England. The number of eyespots in the train predicted a male's mating success. She was able to manipulate this success by cutting the eyespots off some of the males' tails: females lost interest in pruned males and became attracted to untrimmed ones. Males with fewer eyespots, thus with lower mating success, suffered from greater predation. She allowed females to mate with males with differing numbers of eyespots, and reared the offspring in a communal incubator to control for differences in maternal care. Chicks fathered by more ornamented males weighed more"
"of the Indian peafowl. If turkeys are included, rather than classified as a separate family, then the considerably heavier wild turkey reaches a maximum weight of more than . Length in this taxonomic family can vary from in the king quail up to (including elongated tail streamers) in green peafowl, thus they beat even the true parrots in length diversity within a family of birds. Generally, sexual dimorphism is seen in size, with males tending to be larger than females. They are generally plump, with broad, relatively short wings and strong legs. Many have a spur on their legs, a"
"more aerial than modern fowl, with a flight style more suited for gliding and soaring. Most of the galliform birds are more or less resident, but some of the smaller temperate species (such as quail) do migrate over considerable distances. Altitudinal migration is evidently quite common amongst montane species, and a few species of subtropical and subarctic regions must reach their watering and/or foraging areas through sustained flight. Species known to make extensive flights include the ptarmigans, sage-grouse (""Centrocercus""), crested partridge, green peafowl, crested argus, mountain peacock-pheasant (""Polyplectron inopinatum""), koklass pheasant (""Pucrasia macrolopha""), Reeves's pheasant and (""Syrmaticus reevesii""). Other species—most"
"are much less pronounced. Females of the Indian and African species are dull grey and/or brown. Chicks of both sexes in all the species are cryptically coloured. They vary between yellow and tawny, usually with patches of darker brown or light tan and ""dirty white"" ivory. Hybrids between Indian and Green peafowl are called Spaldings, after the first person to successfully hybridize them, Mrs. Keith Spalding. Unlike many hybrids, spaldings are fertile and generally benefit from hybrid vigor; spaldings with a high-green phenotype do much better in cold temperatures than the cold-intolerant green peafowl while still looking like their green"
"from Macau to an animal collection in Cape of Good Hope. From an Indian painting, George Shaw described a peafowl native to India with a ""blue head"" and an ""upright lanceolate crest"", which he named ""Pavo spicifer"", the spike-crested peacock. A third form of green peafowl was described in 1949 by Jean Delacour, as ""P. imperator"", found in Indochina. From the advice of a bird dealer in Hong Kong, Delacour concluded there were three races of green peafowl, lumping ""P. spicifer"" into the species, as well. Today, most authorities recognize these three: Delacour dismissed several aberrant specimens to be individual"
"Striated pardalote The striated pardalote (""Pardalotus striatus"") is the least colourful and most common of the four pardalote species. Other common names include pickwick, wittachew and chip-chip. It is a very small, short-tailed bird that is more often heard than seen, foraging noisily for lerps and other small creatures in the treetops. Four full species were originally named, and are clearly recognisable in the field. They are now classified as merely well-defined subspecies instead. All five forms have a black cap which may be striated but never spotted, a white wing stripe and a small, conspicuous wing spot—bright red in"
"is also a gift shop, education centre, and restaurant on site. Beale Park's aviaries are home to a wide variety of bird species that are threatened with extinction. Most notable are the green peafowl, the mountain peacock pheasant, and the Bali starling. There is also successful breeding programme and several birds have been released back to the wild. There are many themed aviaries around the park including: Regional aviaries (home to African, Asian and Australian birds), the walkthrough aviary, the owlery, Madagascan aviary, and the flamingos. Over recent years, the park has expanded greatly to a more zoological collection, the"
"Both sexes incubate and care for the young. Striated pardalote The striated pardalote (""Pardalotus striatus"") is the least colourful and most common of the four pardalote species. Other common names include pickwick, wittachew and chip-chip. It is a very small, short-tailed bird that is more often heard than seen, foraging noisily for lerps and other small creatures in the treetops. Four full species were originally named, and are clearly recognisable in the field. They are now classified as merely well-defined subspecies instead. All five forms have a black cap which may be striated but never spotted, a white wing stripe"
"early in spring. The peacock butterfly has figured in research in which the role of eyespots as an anti-predator mechanism has been investigated. The peacock is expanding its range and is not known to be threatened. The butterfly has a wingspan of 50 to 55 mm. The base colour of the wings is a rusty red, and at each wingtip it bears a distinctive, black, blue and yellow eyespot. The underside is a cryptically coloured dark brown or black. There are two subspecies: ""A. io caucasica"" (Jachontov, 1912), found in Azerbaijan, and ""A. io geisha"" (Stichel, 1908), found in Japan"
"are possibly of feral birds. The ranges have reduced with habitat destruction and hunting. Green peafowl are found in a wide range of habitats, including primary and secondary forest, both tropical and subtropical, as well as evergreen and deciduous. They may also be found amongst bamboo, on grasslands, savannas, scrub, and farmland edge. In Vietnam, the preferred habitat was found to be dry, deciduous forest close to water and away from human disturbance. Proximity to water appears to be an important factor. The species was first classified as ""Pavo muticus"" by Carl Linnaeus, although it was previously described in Europe"
"hurry while sipping nectar. It is distinguished due to its colour which is shiny fluorescent blue or green depending on the angle of observation. The magnificent colours are due to scales in interior of its wings. Also there are spots in the bottom of its hindwings similar to eyespots. The exterior of wings is brownish black with patterns similar to eyespots. Perhaps the only protection for this species is self-mimicry through the eyespots as regards to its morphology, considering its bright peacock colours and its fast flight. Papilio crino Papilio crino, the common banded peacock, is a species of swallowtail"
"term ""quetzal"" was originally used for just the resplendent quetzal, but is now applied to all members of the genera ""Pharomachrus"" and ""Euptilotis"". Adult birds are long. The head and upperparts of the adult male are metallic green, while its breast and belly are red. Alone among the quetzals, the male has a short crest above its short bill, which is orange. The vent is white. Females have brown heads and upper breast and no crest. The crested quetzal is found along the Andes from Bolivia through Ecuador, Peru and Colombia to Venezuela, in pristine and mature second-growth forest from"
"the Philippine archipelago. The Palawan peacock-pheasant, with its unique male plumage and distant range, represents a basal (Early? Pliocene, c.5-4 mya) offshoot of the genus ""Polyplectron"" (Kimball ""et al."" 2001). The species is widely accepted to be monotypic, but while some males have white supercillia, giving a ""double-barred"" or masked appearance, others lack this trait, exhibiting dark faces, taller, denser crests and prominent white cheek spots. The birds with white supercillia are sometimes classified as a distinct subspecies, ""nehrkornae"". The white-cheeked form may inhabit deep forest habitat with low ambient light in rolling terrain whilst the masked form appears to"
"in the male. Papilio arcturus Papilio arcturus, the blue peacock, is species of swallowtail butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent. Male has the upper wings brownish black, somewhat paler on the forewing than on the hindwing. Forewing irrorated (sprinkled) with brilliant golden-green scales that on the posterior half of the wing form a broad, not well-defined subterminal band; the veins and elongate streaks between them on the outer half of the wing velvety black. Hindwing has the posterior three-fourths irrorated with brilliant golden-green scales as on the forewing but towards the base anteriorly these are blue; a conspicuous brilliant blue"
"but are shorter than those of the arguses. The adult female is around half the total length of the breeding male at in length. It has a relatively large wingspan that averages around and can reach in big males. The green peafowl is capable of sustained flight and is often observed on wing. The green peafowl was widely distributed in Southeast Asia in the past from eastern and north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, and southern China, extending through Laos, and Thailand into Vietnam, Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, and the islands of Java. Records from northeastern India have been questioned and old records"
"males take up to three years to grow their full length plumage. Pavonine quetzal The pavonine quetzal (""Pharomachrus pavoninus"") is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae, the trogons. It is also known at the peacock trogon, red-billed train bearer, or ""viuda pico rojo"" in Spanish. The pavonine quetzal lives in the Neotropics, more specifically in the northern region of the Amazon basin, spreading from Colombia to Bolivia. The most notable characteristics helpful in identifying this bird are its plumage, red beak (male; females have grey bills), and its distribution - it is the only quetzal occupying the lowland"
"Phainopepla The phainopepla or northern phainopepla (""Phainopepla nitens"") is the most northerly representative of the mainly tropical Central American family Ptiliogonatidae, the silky flycatchers. Its name is from the Greek ""phain pepla"" meaning ""shining robe"" in reference to the male's plumage. The phainopepla is a striking bird, long with a noticeable crest and a long tail; it is slender, and has an upright posture when it perches. Its bill is short and slender. The male is glossy black, and has a white wing patch that is visible when it flies; the female is plain gray and has a lighter gray"
"can be difficult to find. Zyxomma petiolatum Zyxomma petiolatum, known by the common names longtailed duskdarter, brown dusk hawk and dingy duskflyer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in many Asian countries, and north-eastern Australia. It is a medium sized chocolate-brown colored dragonfly with emerald-green eyes. Female is similar to the males. It breeds in small pools, ponds, swamps and slow flowing rivers. It is crepuscular but may also be active during overcast days. Usually seen in the evening as an extremely rapid flyer, flying low over water-bodies, hawking midges and mosquitoes. In daytime"
"long crest and a black crown, throat and breast contrasting with an otherwise white face. Females and young birds have shorter crests, and have less strongly marked heads, but plumages are otherwise quite similar. This is a vocal bird in the breeding season, with constant calling as the crazed tumbling display flight is performed by the male. The typical contact call is a loud, shrill ""pee-wit"" from which they get their other name of peewit. Displaying males usually make a wheezy ""pee-wit, wit wit, eeze wit"" during their display flight, these birds also make squeaking or mewing sounds. It feeds"
"Kakapo The kakapo (Māori: kākāpō) or ""night parrot"", also called owl parrot (""Strigops habroptilus""), is a species of large, flightless, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot of the super-family Strigopoidea, endemic to New Zealand. It has finely blotched yellow-green plumage, a distinct facial disc, a large grey beak, short legs, large feet, and relatively short wings and tail. A combination of traits make it unique among its kind; it is the world's only flightless parrot, the heaviest parrot, nocturnal, herbivorous, visibly sexually dimorphic in body size, has a low basal metabolic rate and no male parental care, and is the only parrot to"
"Peacock-pheasant The peacock-pheasants are a bird genus, Polyplectron, of the family Phasianidae, consisting of eight species. They are colored inconspicuously, relying on heavily on crypsis to avoid detection. When threatened, peacock-pheasants will alter their shapes using specialised plumage that when expanded reveals numerous iridescent orbs. The birds also vibrate their plume quills further accentuating their aposematism. Peacock-pheasants exhibit well developed metatarsal spurs. Older individuals may have multiple spurs on each leg. These kicking thorns are used in self-defense. The systematics of the genus are somewhat unclear. Molecular research has revealed that peacock-pheasants are not genetically related to pheasants and only"
"the shorter tailed females. The eye is surrounded by an eyering that is a blue thin wattle (slightly more pronounced in some species like the rufous paradise flycatcher). The plumage of the paradise flycatchers is sexually dimorphic, with rufous, white and black being the most common colours; one species has blue plumage and a few have traces of maroon. Sexual dimorphism can be pronounced (and of course more so in the long-tailed males) or subtle; the female Bedford's paradise flycatcher is identical to the male except slightly duller. Some species sport prominent crests. In some species, for example the Malagasy"
"described as ""especially effective weapons"" making this species ""the most dangerous of all waterfowl"". When disturbed, the male often stretches both wings over the back in the usual manner of a stretching bird. This behaviour brings into view the spurs and white wing patches, and may possibly function as a simple threat display. It has also been claimed that a number of other bird species are known to fight by hitting each other with their wings; some, including screamers, lapwings and spur-winged geese, ""have evolved spurs to increase the damage they can wreak"". Screamers (""Anhimidae"") have two large spikes on"
"of the New World quails (also known as the toothed quails), the enigmatic stone partridge (""Ptilopachus petrosus"") of Africa, guineafowl, and eared pheasants (""Crossoptilon"")—are all notable for their daily excursions on foot which may take them many miles in a given day. Some Galliformes are adapted to grassland habitat, and these genera are remarkable for their long, thin necks, long legs, and large, wide wings. Fairly unrelated species like the crested fireback (""Lophura ignita""), vulturine guineafowl (""Acryllium vulturinum""), and malleefowl (""Leipoa ocellata"") are outwardly similar in their body types (see also convergent evolution). Most species that show only limited sexual"
"Palawan peacock-pheasant The Palawan peacock-pheasant (""Polyplectron napoleonis"") is a medium-sized (up to 50 cm long) bird in the family Phasianidae. The Palawan peacock-pheasant is featured prominently in the culture of the indigenous peoples of Palawan. The bird is also depicted in the official seal of the city of Puerto Princesa. The adult male is the most peacock-like member of the genus ""Polyplectron"" in appearance. It has an erectile crest and highly iridescent electric blue-violet, metallic green-turquoise dorsal plumage. It breast and ventral regions are dark black. The retrices are wide, flat, and rigid. Their terminal edges are squared. Each tail"
"Zyxomma petiolatum Zyxomma petiolatum, known by the common names longtailed duskdarter, brown dusk hawk and dingy duskflyer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in many Asian countries, and north-eastern Australia. It is a medium sized chocolate-brown colored dragonfly with emerald-green eyes. Female is similar to the males. It breeds in small pools, ponds, swamps and slow flowing rivers. It is crepuscular but may also be active during overcast days. Usually seen in the evening as an extremely rapid flyer, flying low over water-bodies, hawking midges and mosquitoes. In daytime it roosts among vegetation and"