Is a peacock a mammal?

The peacock is a very beautiful ornamental animal, it has a large and gorgeous tail screen and often moves in groups, so is the peacock a mammal?

Is a peacock a mammal?

Peacock is not a mammal, it is a kind of bird, belonging to pheasant family, peacock genus or Congo peacock genus. The peacock is generally more than 2 meters long, and the tail screen is longer, accounting for about 1.5 meters.

Peacocks live mainly in tropical and subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests and mixed forests under 2000 meters, and generally look for food and activities in the early morning and near dusk.

Peacock is also an omnivorous animal, generally based on plants, but will also eat termites, locusts, crickets, lizards, frogs and other animals, if it is breeding peacocks, generally corn, wheat, bran, sorghum, soybeans and soybean cakes and species of grass, plus fish meal, bone meal, salt, gravel, multi-vitamin, trace elements, amino acids, additives and so on.

What are the species of peacocks

1. Blue peacock

Live mainly in hilly forests, but also in dry semi-desertified grasslands, shrubs and deciduous forests, especially near water. Distributed in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. There are breeding in many parts of the world.

2. Congo peacock

Inhabiting the depths of the rainforest below 1200 meters above sea level in Congo, the male is purplish blue with bright red skin on the neck, while the female is reddish brown and has emerald feathers on the back.

3. Green peacock

The body feathers of male birds are turquoise green, with a cluster of upright crown feathers on top of their heads; females are not as gorgeous as males and have no tail screen, and their body feathers are mainly emerald metal green.

4. Black peacock

Mainly produced in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, generally living in 2000 meters below the open sparse steppe, there are bushes, bamboo open areas and other places.

5. White peacock

White peacock generally refers to the variation of wild blue peacock under artificial breeding, is a very precious ornamental bird, the number is also very rare.