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Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus
The peafowl are the three species of bird in the genera Pavo and Afropavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are most notable for the male's extravagant tail, a result of sexual selection, which it displays as part of courtship. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen. This bird is a peahen. In common English usage, however, "peacock" is used to mean any peafowl.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock.
On the outskirts of Houston, there is a flock of peacocks and peahens that roam freely in and out of a small wooded copse. They are alternately skittish and curious about humans. I have been able to approach closely several times. I've found it difficult to get a good shot of the peacocks. They swerve quickly, and seem more wary than the peahens. The length of the cocks' tails ususally has kept me from getting a good focus on the whole bird without taking a distance shot, but the hens have often come close enough and stayed long enough to get a good shot.
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