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[12] [13] A male peafowl or peacock is a larger sized bird with an average bill to tail length of 100–120 cm (40–46 in) and as much as 200–230 cm (78–90 in) to the end of a fully grown train. It weighs 4.1–5.2 kg (9–11.5 lb) and is amongst the heaviest birds in Phasianidae .
The peacock continued to represent elegance and royalty in India during medieval times; for instance, the Mughal seat of power was called the Peacock Throne. The peacock is represented in both the Burmese and Sinhalese zodiacs. To the Sinhalese people, the peacock is the third animal of the zodiac of Sri Lanka. [35]
Studies using high-speed video cameras have revealed that they rattle their feathers 25 times a second. The biomechanics of train rattling is highly complex. The biomechanics of train rattling is ...
Writers have traditionally written abbreviated dates according to their local custom, creating all-numeric equivalents to day–month formats such as "7 January 2025" (07/01/25, 07/01/2025, 07-01-2025 or 07.01.2025) and month–day formats such as "January 7, 2025" (01/07/25 or 01/07/2025).
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
The male (peacock) of this species is a large bird of up to 64–70 cm (25–28 in) in length. Though much less impressive than his Asiatic cousins, the male's feathers are nevertheless deep blue with a metallic green and violet tinge.
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This category combines all articles with peacock terms from December 2022 (2022-12) to enable us to work through the backlog more systematically. It is a member of Category:Articles with peacock terms. To add an article to this category add {{Peacock|date=December 2022}} to the article.