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What are the species of peacocks? Which kind of peacock is suitable for artificial breeding?

Published: 2024-11-24 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/24, The peacock, commonly known as Phoenix, is the king of white birds. Because its exquisite crown feathers are particularly precious among animals, they have strong ornamental value and economic value. With the hot development of special breeding in recent years, there are more and more artificial breeding of peacocks. At present, domesticated in our country

The peacock, commonly known as Phoenix, is the king of white birds. Because its exquisite crown feathers are particularly precious among animals, they have strong ornamental value and economic value. With the hot development of special breeding in recent years, there are more and more artificial breeding of peacocks. At present, there are three kinds of peacocks domesticated in China: green peacock, blue peacock and white peacock, so which kind of peacock is suitable for artificial breeding? What is the difference between the characteristics of these three peacock species? Let's take a look at it together with the editor of Nongxun Network.

I. Green Peacock

Green peacocks are distributed at home and abroad. China is mainly concentrated in the western part of Yunnan, while the distribution abroad is relatively scattered, such as Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Java in Indonesia. In terms of growth habits, green peacocks like to move in streams, rivers and open places in the woods, and mainly live in sparsely wooded grasslands such as forests, bamboo forests or coniferous forests below 2000m above sea level.

Artificial breeding conditions: green peacocks belong to the second-class protected animals in our country, so breeding and management are not allowed in principle.

Second, the white peacock

White peacock is a variant of blue peacock with no variegated feathers and reddish eyes. It is also a very precious ornamental bird. In addition, because it is a variant variety, it is very rare in quantity, but it has reached the state of population self-maintenance after artificial domestication.

Artificial breeding conditions: White peacocks belong to the second-class protected animals in our country, so breeding and management are not allowed in principle.

Third, the blue peacock

Blue peacocks, also known as "Indian peacocks", are mainly distributed in India and Sri Lanka. Its feathers are more gorgeous than green peacocks, especially the male peacocks' feathers are dazzling after opening the screen, the feathers are mainly emerald green, and the tail feathers are more than 1m long. Blue peacock is our common peacock species.

Artificial breeding conditions: blue peacock is not only a bird with high ornamental value, but also a high-quality game delicacy and has a certain medicinal value. It has a certain prospect of market economy and can be cultivated artificially after applying for a domestication license.

To sum up, the species of peacocks in China are mainly divided into green peacocks, blue peacocks and white peacocks, among which only blue peacocks have artificial breeding conditions.

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