Peacock Portrait on Pink

**ACHIEVED 2ND PLACE IN FAA CONTEST Bird Art July 2017.

I captured this beautiful white wild peacock in a residential area not far from my... more

by Kaye Menner

Title

Peacock Portrait on Pink

Artist

Kaye Menner

Medium

Photograph - Photography, Texture Overlay

Description

**ACHIEVED 2ND PLACE IN FAA CONTEST " Bird Art" July 2017.

I captured this beautiful white wild peacock in a residential area not far from my home in Sydney, NSW, Australia. He wandered the streets and visited peoples' homes as if he owned the place!

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I would like to give credit to Jai Johnson for the wonderful texture overlay. For more of her beautiful textures, please visit > http://www.jaiart.com/thedailytexture

[from Wikipedia]
White peacocks are not albinos; they have a genetic mutation that is known as Leucism, which causes the lack of pigments in the plumage. Albino animals and birds have a complete lack of color and red or pink eyes while White peafowl have blue eyes. The white color appears in other dome[stically bred peafowl but in different quantities. Chicks are born yellow and become white as they mature, according to the Peafowl Varieties Database. Indian peafowl of all colors, including white, have pink skin.

The species are:
- Congo Peafowl Afropavo congensis.
- Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus. Breeds from Burma east to Java. The IUCN lists the Green Peafowl as endangered due to hunting and a reduction in extent and quality of habitat. It is a national symbol in the history of Burma.
- Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus, a resident breeder in South Asia. The peacock is designated as the national bird of India.

Peafowl are two Asiatic and one African species of flying bird in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae, best known for the male's extravagant eye-spotted tail covert feathers, which it displays as part of courtship. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen, and the offspring peachicks.The adult female peafowl is grey and/or brown. Peachicks can be between yellow and a tawny colour with darker brown patches or light tan and ivory, also referred to as "dirty white". The term also embraces the Congo Peafowl, which is placed in a separate genus Afropavo.

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April 9th, 2015