Indian Peafowl

The Indian peafowl is native to the Indian subcontinent and has been introduced to many other parts of the world. The sexes look very different. The male has a blue head with a fan-shaped crest and a long train of elongated upper-tail feathers tipped with eyespots, which he raises and quivers in courtship display. The female is mostly brown with a white face and an iridescent green lower neck, and has no train (Wikipedia, general species account).

It lives mainly on the ground, foraging in small groups for berries and grains and also taking snakes, lizards and small rodents. It usually escapes on foot through undergrowth, but flies up into tall trees to roost, and its loud calls often give away a predator in the forest. Nationally Least Concern (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).