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How do peacocks attract a mate?

Updated: 10/8/2023
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  1. During the breeding season, peacocks choose special places to perform their courtship dance and they tend to return to the same location year after year. Other males may be doing the same thing close by and peahens will window-shop-the peacock with the best display wins.
  2. When a peahen comes close enough, the peacock turns his back and brings his train erect, displaying the underlying tail feathers and his dark wings, which he flutters rapidly, From this angle, the brilliant colours of the display feathers can't be seen-the bird is predominantly grey and brown. The peacock steps from side to side and sometimes moves forward or backward a few steps.
  3. When the peahen comes closer still, the peacock backs up towards her, and when she avoids him, he turns, revealing all his colour and holding his wings still. He then drops the great fan down on top of the female. It quivers, making a rustling sound.
  4. The peahen may mate with the peacock, or she may simply walk away or stand still, whereupon the male starts over, turning his back again and resuming the rapid fluttering of his wings. The peacock can hold his fan of display feathers up for a very long time.
  5. For reasons that are not well understood, peahens tend to mate with peacocks with the most eye-spots.
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The birds are known for shaking their tail feathers but Canadian researchers have revealed a further sexual tactic. Peacocks have a wide vocabulary of calls, and during mating they make a distinctive hoot.

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A peacock attracts its mate by elevating its tail in the air and making it look like it has lots of eyes.

The male will chose his mate by seeing which female has the most feathers.

the funny thing about a female peacock is that she will also show her feathers at a human that she finds attractive which can be female or male.

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The coloful feathers on the male peacocks attract other peacocks.

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A peacock attracts a peahen by making a display of it masculiness.It also fights other males and shows off its immpressive tail feathers.

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that's is there way of showing off so the girl will think they r hot

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