Peacock Photograph - Albino Peacock Portrait by Kaye Menner

Albino Peacock Portrait is a photograph by Kaye Menner which was uploaded on March 7th, 2014.

Albino Peacock Portrait

I came home from work the other day to find this beautiful white peacock strolling down our street on the road! I quickly parked the car and went to... more

by Kaye Menner

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Title

Albino Peacock Portrait

Artist

Kaye Menner

Medium

Photograph - Photography, Texture

Description

I came home from work the other day to find this beautiful white peacock strolling down our street on the road! I quickly parked the car and went to grab the camera and captured a few shots before he disappeared into someone's backyard. It is extremely unusual to find a wild peacock strolling in a residential area, although our area does have many trees.

Two days later, he returned, strolling from our place to other residential properties. I will look forward to meeting him again!

I do differ in opinion with a comment below that white Peacocks have blue eyes, as this one definitely appears to have red eyes.... so perhaps he is a real albino.

[Info from Wikipedia]
White peacocks are not albinos; they have a genetic mutation that is known as Leucism, which causes the lack of pigments in the plumage. Albino animals and birds have a complete lack of color and red or pink eyes while White peafowl have blue eyes. The white color appears in other domestically bred peafowl but in different quantities. Chicks are born yellow and become white as they mature, according to the Peafowl Varieties Database. Indian peafowl of all colors, including white, have pink skin.

The species are:
- Congo Peafowl Afropavo congensis.
- Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus. Breeds from Burma east to Java. The IUCN lists the Green Peafowl as endangered due to hunting and a reduction in extent and quality of habitat. It is a national symbol in the history of Burma.
- Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus, a resident breeder in South Asia. The peacock is designated as the national bird of India.

Peafowl are two Asiatic and one African species of flying bird in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae, best known for the male's extravagant eye-spotted tail covert feathers, which it displays as part of courtship. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen, and the offspring peachicks.[1] The adult female peafowl is grey and/or brown. Peachicks can be between yellow and a tawny colour with darker brown patches or light tan and ivory, also referred to as "dirty white". The term also embraces the Congo Peafowl, which is placed in a separate genus Afropavo.