The Peacock
The peacock is famous as an ornamental bird. It has a huge fan of colorful tail feathers. Only the male birds have tail feathers. Strictly, the male is a peacock, and the female is a peahen. Both are peafowl. There are three species of peacock-the blue (or Indian), the green (or Javanese), and the Congo. Peacocks are found in many of the world's zoos. In the wild, they generally live in lowland forests. At night they roost in trees. They live on corn and insects. The blue peacock is found mostly in India and Sri Lanka. The green peacock also is found in Southeast Asia, from Myanmar to Java. The Congo peacock is found in Africa.