These beauties were recently spotted at the Cranbrook Flower Forest in St Ann’s Bay.
Pretty as a PEACOCK
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DID YOU KNOW?
• The species is actually called peafowl, with the male being the peacock and the female, peahen.
• The male is the more glamorous in the group or cluster, and will show off its beautiful trail.
• The train feathers have a series of eyes that are best seen when the tail is fanned.
• The female has a mixture of dull green, brown, and grey in her plumage.
• Peafowl are forest birds that nest on the ground but roost in trees.
• The peacock flares his feathers when he is trying to get the female’s attention.
• Peafowl are omnivorous and eat most plant parts, flower petals, seed heads, insects and other arthropods, reptiles, and amphibians.
