Peacock — Pavo cristatus, being its zoological name — the flamboyant, beautiful, colourful, arrogant bird, the bird with an attitude, is naturally selected as a National Bird of India.
Peacocks have a built-in Pride in them and they cannot be blamed for that, nature has created them; Only the males, with such lovely iridescent colours and a unique long tail, with ‘Ocellated’ patterns (eye-like markings in multicolour), sometimes opened up fan-like to display, impress his Ladies — the Peahens. This is a sight to watch. When a Peacock spreads his long tail feathers (referred to a Train in birding jargon), it is not just the Peahens that get impressed but any viewer too. Such is the magic of a Dancing Peacock sight.
