Peacock In A Russian Zoo. Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Peacock in a Russian zoo. Peacocks (Pavo Linnaeus, 1758) is a genus of large birds of the pheasant subfamily of the pheasant family, the order galliformes. The characteristic feature of the peacock male is the strong development of the upper coverts of the tail, the hostel is commonly mixed with steering feathers or a tail in the proper sense of the word. There are two Asian species of peafowl, common and green.