Indian Peafowl: India's Majestic 'Queen of Birds'

• The Indian Peafowl is known as the ‘Queen of Birds’ for its unmatched elegance and beauty.
• India’s national bird, the male peafowl, boasts an iridescent train of over 200 eye-patterned feathers.
• Native to the Indian subcontinent, peafowl hold significant cultural and spiritual importance, symbolizing beauty and prosperity.
• Peafowl are omnivores, consuming seeds, insects, and small snakes, and are helpful to farmers.
• "White peacocks" are a genetic variation (leucism) resulting in snow-white feathers, not a distinct species.

Why It Matters: Understand the cultural and natural importance of India's national bird.