Is the peacock a protected animal?

Peacock is a general term for pheasant birds, only 2 genera and 3 species. It often inhabits open areas of forests. Blue peacocks are distributed in India and Sri Lanka, green peacocks are distributed in Southeast Asia and other places, white peacocks are albino varieties of blue peacocks, Congo peacocks are distributed in tropical Africa. Let's take a look at whether peacocks are protected animals.

Are peacocks protected animals?

Green peacock is a national first-class protected animal. There are only 2 genera and 3 species of peacocks, among which blue peacocks are widely distributed, artificial breeding technology is mature, and they are not close to the fragile and endangered critical value of species survival, so they are not national protected animals. Green peacocks are distributed in Southeast Asia and other places. They are only found in western and southern Yunnan in China. They are rare in wild. They are national first-class protected animals and cannot be raised, sold and transported without permission. The white peacock is snow-white, and the variant of the blue peacock is not a national protected animal.

Is it really illegal to raise peacocks?

Raising blue peacocks and white peacocks is not illegal. Green peacocks are national first-class protected animals. It is illegal to raise green peacocks without permission. Article 22 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Wildlife stipulates that the sale or purchase of wildlife under special state protection or their products is prohibited. Any sale, purchase or utilization of wildlife under first class state protection or the products thereof for scientific research, domestication, breeding, exhibition or other special reasons must be approved by the department of wildlife administration under the State Council or a unit authorized by it.

What species of peacocks are there?

Blue peacock: Blue peacock is the most cultivated species, living in hilly forests, dry semi-desert grassland, shrubs and deciduous forest areas, especially near the water, early morning and evening with its flock to the field foraging, nesting on the ground, but perching in trees.

2. Green peacock: Green peacock is distributed in Southeast Asia. It is only found in western and southern Yunnan in China. It is rare in wild quantity. It is a first-class protected animal in China. It likes to move in open areas of sparse forest grassland, riverbank or ground jungle, forest grassland and forest.

3. Black peacock: Black peacock is a variant of wild blue peacock, which is extremely rare in quantity. It is produced in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka. It inhabits open sparse grassland below 2000 meters or open area with shrubs and bamboo bushes. Its life span is about 25 years.

4. White Peacock: White Peacock is an albino variety of artificially bred blue peacock. Its whole body is white and its mutation rate is about 1/1000, which is relatively rare. This is mainly caused by the low frequency of gene mutation, but it has reached the state of population self-maintenance after artificial domestication.