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A male peafowl is a peacock; a female peafowl is called a peahen. I believe that we hear mostly about peacocks and generalize the term to mean all peafowl, a term we, by comparison, rarely hear. Also it is written as one word, which we then think peacock is the species name.
There are other instances when we often use the gender term of of a species with the name of the species. For instance, many people call all cattle, cows, when actually cow is the female cattle and bull is the male cattle. The terms cow and bull are used in numerous mammalian species to designate gender, not species, just as cock and hen are used in a number of species of birds.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 7y agoPeafowl is a general term and would include anything in the peacock family. The females are usually referred to as "peahens".
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∙ 11y agonot exactly the peacock is a boy a peahen is a girl and a peafowl is like a flock of peacocks and peahens sorta like goose and geese
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∙ 12y agoThe answer is either. The white peafowl is normally the leucistic colouring which can occur in males and females.
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∙ 12y agoNo. Peacocks can range from different sorts of colors. Such as blue to green, and brown to purple.
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∙ 11y agoYes, female peahens have brown feathers.
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What is a peacocks group called?
A group of peacocks is called a muster, ostentation, or pride.The collective noun for a group of peacocks is an ostentation; which makes sense, since ostentationmeans a show-offy display, and peacocks are known for their plumage.A peacock is a male peafowl, the female being the peahen and their young being either a chick or peachick. The collective noun for a group of peafowl is a party, muster, ostentation or pride. The plural of peafowl is peafowl or peafowls, both are acceptable.
What is a baby peacocks names?
They are called Peacock or Peafowl chicks
Do baby peacocks have a different name?
Baby peafowl are called chicks.
Do female peacocks spread their back feathers?
Peahens dont have that many feathers. They are like a hen. Peacocks (a male peacock) are the only birds that have big feather that spread out in the back.
Why do people call them peacocks if their real name is peafowl?
A peacock is a male peafowl and a female is called a peahen and there babies are called peachicks
What is a group of peacock's?
A group of peacocks is called a muster, ostentation, or pride.The collective noun for a group of peacocks is an ostentation; which makes sense, since ostentationmeans a show-offy display, and peacocks are known for their plumage.A peacock is a male peafowl, the female being the peahen and their young being either a chick or peachick. The collective noun for a group of peafowl is a party, muster, ostentation or pride. The plural of peafowl is peafowl or peafowls, both are acceptable.
What are white peacocks?
White peacocks, or peafowl, are regular peacfowl, but with a gene mutation in PMEL17 which means melanin can't get into their feathers, making them white! There are also piebald peafowl, who have a different mutation than full white peafowl. Contrary to popular belief, they are actually albinos. The mechanism for leucism and albinism are completely different, and the mechanism that makes "leucistic" peacocks white is an incomplete form of albinism. TL;DR: They are just albino versions of regular peafowl.
How many species of peacocks are there?
There are 2 speciesThe two species are:Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus (Asiatic)Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus (Asiatic)
Here do peacocks live?
Peacocks, actually called Peafowl, come from India, Burma and Java. The male is the peacock and the female is called a peahen
What is the name of the peacock's young?
peachicks. males are peacocks and females are peahens. together they are peafowl
Are peacocks endangerd?
No, they aren't. The green peafowl, a rarer breed, is threatened though. Wikipedia.
When did peacocks become endangered?
Since about 1960The Indian peafowl is not an endangered species, listed as "Least Concern" by the IUCN. The green peafowl of southeast Asia is however, endangered.
