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The feathers of the peacock also symbolize sun rays, from which come light, luminosity and brightness. The peacock opening the feathers of its tail in a circular shape symbolizes the sunrise. [46] Consequently, due to its holiness, Yazidis are not allowed to hunt and eat the peacock, ill-treat it or utter bad words about it.
A peacock use its ornate train in a courtship display, wherein it raises the tail feathers into an arched fan and quivers them. [14] The wings are held half open and drooped and it periodically vibrates the long feathers, producing a ruffling sound.
The brilliant iridescent colors of the peacock's tail feathers are created by structural coloration, as first noted by Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke.. Structural coloration in animals, and a few plants, is the production of colour by microscopically structured surfaces fine enough to interfere with visible light instead of pigments, although some structural coloration occurs in combination ...
A male peacock’s train plumage, on the other hand, is spectacular! Wooing His Mate. ... Another move is called “train-shivering” where he strums his tail feathers against the train. Females ...
It is widely believed that the feathers are part of the tail, but they actually extend from the back of the bird. ... Folklore has even suggested that consuming peacock meat enhances a person's ...
The tail feathers are black with very fine golden-brown speckling. Each tail plume and upper-tail covert is marked with highly iridescent, light-reflective "eyes" , each bordered by black and gray; they are also tipped in bands of black and gray. The tail is held erect and expanded laterally together with the bodies of the birds.
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.
A rear view of an Indian peacock's true tail and elongated uppertail covert feathers. The uppertail and undertail coverts cover the base of the tail feathers above and below. Sometimes these coverts are more specialised. The "tail" of a peacock is made of elongated uppertail coverts.