Peacock Pictures Including the White Peacock

The Male India Blue Peacock's feathers are close to 5-6 feet in length when they are mature.The juvenile male is almost as drab looking as the female, as the tail feathers haven't fully grown in yet. It takes about 3 years for a peacock to mature.

Peacocks have several kinds of feathers besides the eye feathers. There are 3 main sets of feathers:

1. Eye Feathers- these are the ones that are on the tail (train)

2. Wing Feathers- the striped or molted ones on the side

3. Sword Feathers- they are part of the tail, the tall wispy ones

Besides these are the beautiful feathers on the neck area, and the top feathers on their head. But mostly it is the eye feathers that people collect. They use them for crafts like masks, earrings, and many other things. Peacocks lose their feathers once a year.

Watching several males from young juveniles to the older males they really reminded me of junior high and high school aged boys...trying to outdo each other for the benefit of a group of girls that acted like they could care less. In some of the peacock photos here you will see a few female peacocks not paying much attention and the male just strutting his stuff.

The male peacock will strut around in full display,fanning his beautiful display but if there are no females he will strut for the other males, it really is both beautiful and laughable.

Peacocks are part of the pheasant and turkey families and are used to foraging for their food.

Peacocks eat just about anything that is small and crawls from the insect world like ants, ticks, bugs, worms, termites, scorpions and mice. They also eat flowers, plants, grains, and berries. Peacocks have also been know to like cat food (dry) and chicken feed.

Peacock Note Card by SunsetArtWorks

India Blue Peacock Feathers Binder by SunsetArtWorks