Animal Portrait | Blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

The Indian peafowl or blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus), a large and brightly coloured bird, is a species of peafowl native to South Asia.

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The male is metallic blue on the crown. The fan-shaped crest on the head is made of feathers with bare black shafts and tipped with bluish-green webbing. A white stripe above the eye and a crescent shaped white patch below the eye are formed by bare white skin. The sides of the head have iridescent greenish blue feathers. Read more at en.wikipedia Indian peafowl

All images published in this post are my original work.

Taken with
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Lens: EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM & EF50mm f/1.8 II