1. 1. Behavioral Study Of Indian Peacock Presenter: Zainab Lali
2. 2. Distribution
3. 3. Structure of a Peacock
4. 4. A Party!
5. 5. Task Assigned
6. 6. Study Location
7. 7. Blue Peacock White Peacock Albino Peacock
8. 8. Bird Studied Blue Indian Peacock
9. 9. Normal Behaviour Vs. Observed Behavior Feeding: Onions Spinach Parched Grams
10. 10. Feeding Behavior observed: During 3 hours of observation, Peacock ate about 3 times. From 12:35 to 3:55.
11. 11. Sun and Dust Bathing It Loves to enjoy a sun bath or dust bath 4-5times in a day. During observation: Peacock took dust bath only once.
12. 12. Taking Dust Bath..
13. 13. Vocalizing (Sound they Make) Under Stress. Call for mating. Didnt vocalize much during observation hours.
14. 14. Train Display To Show off To show fear To attract females (peahens)
15. 15. Behavior Observed Displayed its train 6times in 3 hours.
16. 16. PREENING To remove parasites To keep themselves warm To strengthen relations (allopreening) Did it 6 times during observation
17. 17. Breeding Breeding season starts in June-Late July. No bird was seen breeding and no peachick was present. Only a peahen was present in the cage.
18. 18. Flying Behavior It didnt fly Why? Cage was small No predator
19. 19. Flocking No proper flock. Only 2 peafowls, in a single cage.
20. 20. Conclusion Cage should be bigger. More peacocks should be introduced in a single big cage. Overall the bird was healthy and was performing normal activities.
21. 21. Any Question??