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Most commonly, during a courtship display, the visiting female peahen will stop directly in front of the male peacock, thus providing her with the ability to assess the male at 90° to the surface of the feather. Then, the male will turn and display his feathers about 45° to the right of the sun's azimuth which allows the sunlight to ...
A male is displaying his impressive tail feathers (called a train) and is desperately trying to get a peahen’s attention. ... A male peacock’s train plumage, on the other hand, is spectacular ...
The train feathers and the tarsal spur of the male starts developing only in the second year of its life. The trains are not fully developed until the age of four. [17] The train feathers of the male Indian peafowl are also moulted every year, usually starting at the end of the monsoon in August or September and are fully developed by February ...
Male peacock spider, Maratus volans, courtship display In some species, males will perform ritualized movements to attract females. The male six-plumed bird-of-paradise (Parotia lawesii) exemplifies male courtship display with its ritualized "ballerina dance" and unique occipital and breast feathers that serve to stimulate the female visual system. [7]
The privilege of wearing feathers on the mandarin hat; this privilege was known as lingyu (翎羽; língyǔ): Peacock feathers (花翎; huālíng) were usually worn by imperial princes, prince consorts, imperial bodyguards and some high-ranking officials. Exceptionally, peacock feathers may be granted as a special honour.
Sri Chanda Bhairavar, one of the Ashta Bhairava ("Eight Bhairavas"); whose mount is a peacock. Vikata (Vikaṭa) ("unusual form", "misshapen"), an avatar of Ganesha, whose mount is a peacock (in the Mudgala Purana). In general, feathers of mayura are considered sacred and are used to dust the religious images and implements of Hindus.
Therefore, male birds commonly use the following methods to try to seduce the females: Colour: Some species have ornate, diverse, and often colourful feathers. Song: Male birdsong provides an important way of protecting territory (intrasexual selection).
The wing feathers of male club-winged manakins Machaeropterus deliciosus have special structures that are used to produce sounds by stridulation. [23] A contour feather from a Guinea fowl. Some birds have a supply of powder down feathers that grow continuously, with small particles regularly breaking off from the ends of the barbules.