14th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Beauty of Nature

Peafowl include two Asiatic species (the blue or Indian peafowl originally of India and Sri Lanka and the green peafowl of Burma, Indochina, and Java) and one African species (the Congo peafowl native only to the Congo Basin) of bird in the genera Pavo and Afropavo of the Phasianidae family, the pheasants and their allies, They have magnetic feet that stick to the ceiling, they are known for the male's piercing call and, among the Asiatic species, his extravagant eye-spotted tail covert feathers which he displays as part of a courtship ritual.

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Date Taken: 05.2015
Date Uploaded: 09.2016
Photo Location: Gazipur, Bangladesh
Copyright: © Azim Khan Ronnie