Resting Peacock
by Maria Angelica Maira
Title
Resting Peacock
Artist
Maria Angelica Maira
Medium
Photograph - Nature Photography-digital Art
Description
Peacocks are large, colorful pheasants (typically blue and green) known for their iridescent tails. These tail feathers, or coverts, spread out in a distinctive train that is more than 60 percent of the birds total body length and boast colorful "eye" markings of blue, gold, red, and other hues. The large train is used in mating rituals and courtship displays. It can be arched into a magnificent fan that reaches across the bird's back and touches the ground on either side. Females are believed to choose their mates according to the size, color, and quality of these outrageous feather trains.
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March 16th, 2014
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