blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) - Pavo cristatus. Der Pfau. 28. Pavo cristatus. Der Pfau. = Indian peafowl or blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Description
Illustrationen aus: Beytrag zur Naturgeschichte der Vögel. 2. Band, Wien: Typographische Gesellschaft, 1791.
Date 1791
Source http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb00068671-7
Author Joachim Johann Nepomuk Spalowsky
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beytrag_zur_Naturgeschichte_der_V%C3%B6gel_2_Tafel_28.jpg
The Indian peafowl or blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus), a large and brightly coloured bird, is a species of peafowl native to South Asia, but introduced in many other parts of the world. The male, or peacock, is predominantly blue with a fan-like crest of spatula-tipped wire-like feathers and is best known for the long train made up of elongated upper-tail covert feathers which bear colourful eyespots. These stiff feathers are raised into a fan and quivered in a display during courtship.
