Photo By: Suresh Thapa
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T2i
Photo Clicked on: March 10, 2013
This is a peacock (also know as Mayur in native language) captured near Royal Chitwan National Park, Sauraha, Nepal during a jungle safari. Peacocks are large colorful bird containing long tail feathers which have eye-like markings that can be erected and expanded covering more than 60 Percentage of the bird’s total body.
Interesting Fact about Peacock: Only males are known as peacocks. Females are peahens, and together, they are called peafowl.
Average Lifespan: 20 Years.
Location Map:
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