behavioral study of indian peacock
TRANSCRIPT
- 1. Behavioral Study Of Indian Peacock Presenter: Zainab Lali
- 2. Distribution
- 3. Structure of a Peacock
- 4. A Party!
- 5. Task Assigned
- 6. Study Location
- 7. Blue Peacock White Peacock Albino Peacock
- 8. Bird Studied Blue Indian Peacock
- 9. Normal Behaviour Vs. Observed Behavior Feeding: Onions Spinach Parched Grams
- 10. Feeding Behavior observed: During 3 hours of observation, Peacock ate about 3 times. From 12:35 to 3:55.
- 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. Taking Dust Bath..
- 13. Vocalizing (Sound they Make) Under Stress. Call for mating. Didnt vocalize much during observation hours.
- 14. Train Display To Show off To show fear To attract females (peahens)
- 15. Behavior Observed Displayed its train 6times in 3 hours.
- 16. PREENING To remove parasites To keep themselves warm To strengthen relations (allopreening) Did it 6 times during observation
- 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. Flying Behavior It didnt fly Why? Cage was small No predator
- 19. Flocking No proper flock. Only 2 peafowls, in a single cage.
- 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. Any Question??